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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 152, 30 June 1922, Page 3

Facilities for apprentices to attend technical classes were being, discussed at the sitting,of. the Conciliation., Council at Dunedin, the : tinsmiths'...dispute being .under- iconsideiationj --whenviMr. W. Wheeler said . that if, was' his" experience that'; boys thought: no" pore about their work after it was finished fc* the. day -Some time.- ag0,... the. thought had occurred.' to the employers that apprentices should-he' given 'an opportunity to improve themselves outside. their.;actuaV;.w6rkV.'atl.4. he himself conducted a class. c At the,,,start there was an attendance of from A's ,to 2C ; enthusiastic..,"ilads/ „;but . the, numbers gradually dwindled, until he found that he was attending^ to teach one' boy. Then he gave it up. The reply of the union's agent (Mr. B.'-F. Barter) to this was, that there had previously been no provision in the award for the granting of facilities. ...The Government now had a school properly .fitted up and an instructor would be available. --.. He was satisfied.:.that ;many "bf:.:thft::appveiitices iwould attend. -■ There was'san average of ,44 attending in Auckland'--last. year. The employers agreed to the provision of certain facilities. • .