W.E.A. CLASSES
FURTHER FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE ASKED
MR MASSEY SYMPATHETIC
(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 18. An application was made to the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education to-day by a deputation representing the Workers’ Education Association for an increased grant to enable the association to carry on ■ its work of adult education.
Mr Acland, president of the association, spoke on the objects of the association and what had been done since its inception in 1915. The association asked that the Government increase its grant to £4OOO a year. New South Wales was spending £7OOO a year upon the W.E.A., and unless they receive further financial assistance the payments to tutors would have to be decreased or the field of work reduced. Mr Parr and Mr Massey both admitted that the association* was doing good work, but the main difficulty of the Government was to make the available moneys go round. Mr Massey said be would talk the matter over with Mr Parr and at a later date with Cabinet. He promised the deputation that he would do his best for them.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 September 1924, Page 9
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