POPULATION AND PRODUCTION

Evening Star, Issue 20129, 20 March 1929, Page 4

POPULATION AND PRODUCTION

FORMER GROWING FASTER THE REMEDY ffi PROPER EDUCATION. £Peii United Fsess Association.] fNXMdU'AIUbIIdL. March U>. In :in address to the members of the i>oiitlil;i nrt Uduratiou Hoard to-day the .Minister of Uducation (the lion. 11. A. Atmoroi stated that the unemployment problem hi New Zealand was largely due to the l’aet_ that the value of the primary industries of the dominion was not realised. The. population of New Zealand had been largely increased by immigration and by natural causes during recent years, but the production of wealth had not hen relatively increased. This position would become more sorious_ until it was realised that instruction in the secondary schools must be of a more practical nature. Under the present system many children who did not meet with success in their .studies were classed as dull, whereas in other branches they would he very successful. it was obvious that culture and practical work must go hand in hand, since culture was only a burden unless a person was able to earn sufficient to afford its attendant luxuries.