SCRAP METAL
COLLECTION BY CHILDREN OPPOSED
Whether or not schoolchildren should be allowed to collect scrap metal to augment the patriotic funds was the subject of a long discussion by the Wellington Education Board yesterday. Most of the members said that they were not in favour of the schools being used for such purposes, but a number considered that the present state of affairs justified such collecting. The proposal to allow such collections was eventually rejected by a majority of one. A letter was received from, the National Patriotic Funds Board stating that a campaign had been proposed for the collecting of non-ferrous scrap metal, to be sold to get funds for patriotic purposes. Lead, brass, and copper were in fairly short supply and such a collection would help the industry of the country. The proposal was that one metal should be collected over a period of a fortnight, so that the scrap would be kept separate. The collection from the schools would be made by the National Patriotic Funds Board. The proposal was a practical form of patriotism. PROPOSAL OPPOSED. The chairman (Mr. W. V. Dyer) said such a collection might easily lead to children getting into trouble. -He thought they should say that they were sympathetic but considered such action undesirable. He moved accordingly. Mr. A. C. Blake seconded the motion, and said that to ask children to collect scrap might lead them into taking articles they had no right to. It was the bounden duty of everyone to help the Empire when it was at war, Colonel T. W. McDonald said.' The need for non-ferrous metals was so urgent that every person should do his utmost to help to collect scrap. Mr. H. Duckworth said the collection of scrap could easily lead to accidents and infection, and should not be done by children. Mr. A. Donald said that he agreed that conditions were exceptional and thought the collection should be made.
After further discussion, the motion rejecting the proposed collection was carried by 7 votes to 6.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400418.2.41
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 92, 18 April 1940, Page 7
Word Count
340SCRAP METAL Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 92, 18 April 1940, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in