HON. MR PARR’S VISIT.

Grey River Argus, 29 May 1922, Page 8

HON. MR PARR’S VISIT.

A CROWDED ITINERARY, . 1 Ihe Minister of Education, the Hon ; *. J. Parr, travelled across from Christchurch to Otira on Saturday by the e express and coaches. Fom Otira the B Minister proceeded to. Hokitika, travcl- . hng by the Education Board’s car. I Lts. Hay and Wyllic (who are acU companying- the Minister) camo on to e Greymouth by train, and proceeded from here to Hokitika the same evenI mg. 1 Yesterday (Sunday) tho Minister was - billed to visit the Seaview Mental Hos- - pital, the Hokitika General Hospital i (where a new wing- is being erected : and a general drainage scheme is being carried out), the Kanicri schools. > etc. ) This morning Air F ar r will visit tire > Hokitika Primary and High Schools at ' 9, alter which he will motor through < to Groymouth by the Education Board’s car, calling at Kumara school on route. ‘ He will arrive here at I p.m. and dur--5 ing the afternoon will visit the PrTmary ' District High and Technical schools, the Old People’s Home (including the new • site) and the new Alaternity Hospital. VISIT TO BULLER. On Tuesday morning "Cobden and • Runanga schools will be visUed, an?? ■ the party will return to Greymouth for ■ luncheon, after which they will proceed by car to Reef ton, calling at Blackball, Ngaherc, and Ikamatua schools. Deputations will be taken at Reefton at night. Mr H. E. Holland ALP., will ac- ! company the Alinister through his own electorate, and will represent Air Hudson (who is still in Nelson Hospital) at Reef lon. On Wednesday morning the Reefton ' school and Hospital will be visited, after which the party will proceed to West port, stopping at Inangahua Juntion for luncheon. The O’Connor Memorial Institute will be visited on the ■way io town; ancT during the afternoon the Alinister will visit tho Westport school, open the Technical High School, and also pay a visit to the DistrictHospital and tho Old People’s Home, On Thursday morning Granity and Stockton schools will be visited, the party lunching at Stockton; and in the afternoon they will call at Denniston and Burnett’s Face Schools and Denniston Cottage Hospital. The Alinister will leave for Wellington on Friday.