DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 22 June 1944, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS

NEW FURLOUGH SCALE.

>.A. WELLINGTON, June 21. • The approval of the War Cabinet of the adoption by the Government of a new scale in granting leave or furlough to Army personnel on th'eir return to New Zealand after service, overseas is announced by the Defence | Minister, Hon. F. Jones. Two days’ leave on full pay, and allowances, will be granted for each month of service beyond New Zealand, with a mmimum of 28 days and a maximum of 93 (?) days. The Minister stated it was necessary for personnel returning from the Pacific for direction to essential industry to take up work without undue delay. These men were being granted only 28 days’ leave on their return, and any balance of leave due under the fixed scale would be granted at a later date, or pay anq allowances for this period would be paid in lieu of leave when pay accounts were finalised. The new scheme is effective as from April ly last. AWARD FOR MUSIC T . m DUNEDIN, June 20. Ihe Otago University Council todaY r the fl F st award of the fhilip Neill memorial prize in music, the winner being Mr D. G. Lilburn, Christchurch, and the runner-up • • G> . Luscombe, of Auckland. This prize is open for competition .amone past and present students of the University of New Zealand, but no winner is eligible to compete again for five years. The value of the is f 25. The awards are made for musical composition in the form prescribed by the examiners, the structure for 1944 being a prelude (or fantasia) and fugue for either piano or organ.

The judges were Dr V. E. Galway anq Mr W. J Morrell, Chancellor of Otago University. Dr Galway commented that Mr Lilburn’s work was of a high order of merit, and that it was real and vital, with a modern outlook and showed originality of treatment.

APPRENTICESHIP INVESTIGATION.

WELLINGTON, June 21.

The principle that apprenticeship should be to industry and not with the individual as an employer was supported in evidence given to-day to the Apprenticeship Commission by Mr W. A. Fox, on behald of the Board of Managers of the Wellington Technical College. It was not revolutionary, he said, and the principle was brought forward because they believed that not only was a more equitable system of training necessary, but a more stable system was essential to industrial development. The board also contended that the organisation of apprentice training between industry and education should provide for all training to be done during the day, and that the time allotted to technical education should not be less than one full working day in each week. He also advocated the appointment of an Apprenticeship Control Committee and that local committees should function as co-ordinating bodies between apprentice and training units, both educational and industrial, and maintain contact with the Dominion committees. Certifications of journeymen was also recommended and annual examinations. It was suggested that industry should be asked to co-operate with the Education Department in locating men qualified to teach technical subjects.