TRENTHAM SCHOLARSHIPS

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 56, 30 November 1923, Page 8

TRENTHAM SCHOLARSHIPS

ADDITIONAL BURSARIES GRANTED OBJECTS OF THE FUND Tlie trustees of the Trentham Scholarship Fund met on Tuesday. Mr. Sidney Kirkcaldie presided, and General Sir Edward Chaytor, Messrs. J. Caughltey (Director of Education), and M. J. Reardon were also present. It was decided to renew 79 existing bursaries (amounting to £2105), and to grant 53 additional applications (amounting to £1600), making a total distribution of . £3705. Children resident in New Zealand, eligible to make application for assistance, are: Firstly, those of soldiers and nurses who died on active service while serving with the Expeditionary Forces; secondly, those children (resident m New Zealand) of soldiers .and nurses who were wholly or partially disabled as the result of military service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces; thirdly, children (resident in New Zealand) of soldiers and nurses who were on active service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, and last in order of priority, children of soldiers and nurses who served as members of th© forces of the British Empire, and who are now resident in New Zealand. Tlie cardinal object of tlie Trqntham Scholarship Fund is to assist th© community by ensuring, as far as is possible, "that the recipients of its benefits shall become good and capable citizens, having regard to each one’s character and ability. The bursaries are therefor© intended as an aid to the maintenance and training as citizens of the bursars when they are:—(a) Attending any public or private secondary school, or (b) attending any technical school, or (c) attending any University College, Agricultural Collage, or other professional school recognised by the University of New Zealand, or (d) apprenticed to any tradie, or (f) ara otherwise working at any calling approved by the trustees. No children bom after July 1, 1920, are eligible for a bursary. The bursaries commence not earlies than the first day of January in the year following the date on which the applicant reaches th© age of 14 years, or the date on which the applicant obtains the Sixth Standard pTofimenev or competency wrtificate, N.Z. code, whichever date is earlier.