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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 230, 11 September 1922, Page 7

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LONDON WOOL SALES. Wellington, Sept. A B.A.W.R.A. cable to the New Zealand Wool Committee dated September Bth, states: r ‘Sales continue. Compared with last series good greasy scoured merino are ten per cent dearer, faulty merino and medium crossbred five per cent dearer, 46’s downward very firm, crossbred lambs 5 per cent., merino lambs 7| per cent dearer. The highest price for greasy merino was 2s IO.Jd, scoured 4s l|d.” LONDON MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London House, under date 6th inst.: — Tallow: We quote present spot values for the following descriptions :— Fine mutton 41/3 per cwt., good beef 38/6 per cwt.; mixed 34/3 per cwt. Market quiet. New Zealand Frozen Meat : Lamb 10 7-8 d per lb; mutton has advanced }d per lb. Last quotation, dated 30/8/22: Wether and maiden ewe light 6 5-8 per lb., heavy 5 5-8 d per lb. ; ewe, light 4 7-8 d per lb., heavy 4 5-8 d per lb. Beef: Ox hinds 4 5-8 d per lb., fores 3d per lb. Cow hinds 3|d per lb., fores 2Jd per lb. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO RURAL EDUCATION. REPLACEMENT OF UNTRAINED TEACHERS. While the Minister of Education (Hon C. J. Phrr) was telling the House on Tuesday that the Government could not spare any money to increase the subsidies to the kindergarten schools which are to be found in the cities, a country member made an interjection to the effect that more attention should be paid to the needs of the country districts. “I have not neglected the country schools,?’ said the Minister. “If the figures relating to buildings erected during the past few years are analysed, you will find that probably for every city school which cost, say, £20,000 mid accommodated 700 or 800 children, r.t least u hundred were built in the country districts. The figures arc eloquent of the special attention given by the Department Io rural education during the past few years.’’

The Minister added that increased capitation, the payment of hoarding allowances, and the employment of organising teachers had recently improved the facilities for education in the hackblocks. Trained teachers were replacing untrained teachers at an increasing rate, and the benefit of this would be strongly felt in the country /listricts within the next few years*. This year the training colleges should 'turn out some 500 or 600 certificated 'teachers, the majority of whom would go to the country districts. During rhe past year the number of unccrtifieated teachers employed had been reduced by 12 per cent., and he hoped that in the course of next year it would be further reduced by 15 or 16 per cent.