TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 6

TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

; TNSTETJCTipN; • IN:'WOOL-CLASSING. .' A ; -meeting of.tbe'Wellington-Techhical 'Education: Board "■ was held ; . last, evening and'jw'as-attended'by Messfs.'-'Ji'P. Luke, •HP.-(chairman),'^. , : MTaren.-.MiP.i-,T.' :.iW,; Aitken, ;T:; Carmichaei;.. and ■D. .Eobertsoh. ' .:'■'

'.''-The-..chairman) expressed -.the:, hope that ho iwould see? the :much-dispussed-; question .of-providing;a- better,, (site , , for the /technical;'school':;^settled;before he-:left tne/biJardV/'He-rcgrSttedlthat■■there was ,iiot'more- goodwill on the:"part, of the Government towards.'tecbnicaLyeducation., 'TVe are not in' a position-to extend the .enterprises.of, the■• school-underr present -conditions/'' added Mr.: Luke, < .'"we are cramped' , , for room'/ and ; the conditions are,■..unsatisfactory from .a'.health point , '.oil-view,-- and- from' the,''point- of.' view :of : 'getting '.the-best out of- the pupils. .1: think, that we should lapproach-'.the Mayor,.'■ of, .■ jfce/ city., '■ to ascertain' what cih;:be;done. :The. attitude, of: the"Min- 1 ister ..in ,the past has been-'that' the, .'citii' .zens">'.of ■■• Wellington' should .'.accept . the: responsibility, of:providing'the,site.". ', ; :,,

" said not ■ understand why , ' the City. Council ■'would not''graiit'.:"tKat^tin-pot- gully?,;'a's-a- site fdrhtne,school.:;.lt''.was of use to. nobody, he -said. would move. that;;the ! matter:'be',', le'ft rover ..until. 'after': the , •Mayoral' and: then -the aboard" would .bein a /better position ."t0.,, say. what steps shbuld\beta£en.. .'■...,;.'.', : : •' ': The motion was ''carried.' , ':-':' • ..'■'. : ■'"

"The .director (Mt; -W. S; -la'Trobe) reported ;that 30 or 40 ..students' had ex--, .pressed a.desire to attend- classesiri voolclassing.. There would- bo'' , tight' or- ten 1 ladsVifrom College,"and;four orlnve'morojfjom The.- board iiinstr'ubt&d'?.the!. director\>to : furnish a report. on,;the, cost of a. suitable.classroom; on. of pupils -likely-"to*- attend;... .and ■ on '" the , prospects for: Successfully establishingihe' :class-shprtiyi*-'-.'■;?-•'• J-'--, ; -:.','A/, .••;>.-v..■•:•-. v . : .. v : ■' The': financial statement■'.; set but' , ' that" - the debit balance, after paying' Februar y' accounts, ..was ~£279,..wherea's :at :; the'corresponding.: stage! 0f,"., last'.year.; there , had been:a credit balance of .£l2lO. ■ This was , explained,.by-the if act;-,that 'outstanding .accounts, amounted .to .£I2BO '■'■Ws, Id. '(capitationyfbr fourth" quarter-,£757 Ms.', grant' for', material, j£2l7'l7e'.:'6d.', grant for'.apparatus's,£Bß.i3s. ! . Id./'subsidy on corporation, grajt .£l5O, Wellington Girls' College; cookery ./class fees, iEI6 5s.■;. 6d.,< Wellington Education .Board'/teachers , -- class'fees -J850).';.-, Two • accounts were : jiay-: able on- February follows tatian.-'on account, JEsoo;''-'grant for. paratns,:iSß.lSf' Id. 'The-receipts'for the, month' had "been '.£359.165. 6d; (as against >8192.75. 6d. for .1909),. and the. expenditure: X 552 165.-;4d.'. (as against j>655: ss. 6d. for 1809). Accounts .amounting to ;Sss2.(inclnding-. i C488, salaries for Pebru-' ary).'werepassed>for payment.. v. " •■: .'