WELLINGTON TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 14

WELLINGTON TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

;•■'■:'■ PROPOSED CLASS. '.'■ ■At the meeting'of the Technical School. Board last night,;' the director ■' (Mr. La Trobo) reported that he had' made some, inquiries as to the prospects of and requirements for a-wool-sorting olass.in; Wellington. He made 'particular, inquiry into, the strong, classes. which were conducted ; at Chfistchurch Technical College'.' There the total number in average- attendance, at. the .four classes-was.about 80. Of thim about 20 ..were .clerks, .wool, dealers, -and others living in the' town; the remainder was made up of boys in the day classes,'who were preparing -for- country pursuits, and farmers who came in from; the country to Saturday afternoon or other classes. Haying'regard to the faot that the' Ch'ristcbureh class was. ex-' ceptionally well situated for room and material, and'that it had feeii condnr.tod fo'' samo •**•■•'■•:. and that Christchurch' was surrounded by fanning country—largely: )>y;'shee\) : Jariuing country—he did not'thiiik that .they' could'.expect to 'command the support'". here, wiiioh these

a market,' and ,at :the;.samo .time a demand, •.which has -placed 'the '.prices ma -satisfactory' ;basis':for- the. p'rodncar. -Formerly' it,was the 'old..story one has read 'about.' in [ the■ pre-co-: ;opetatiyb factory:.days, when butter.arid cheese a/glut'in the twns because there ( was no ;market.: In :the:same way! pigs ; and poultry •were a glut .in PaJmerston, but now with an •established market, which feeds.Wellington and ;asfar north 'as Hawke's Bay, prices in the'last ;ten years'have gone".up'soo'per cent.: and 100 •per cent, respectively,'m, pigs and/poultry.; Mr. 'Palmer puts through-on a weekly'.average about