GRANTS FOR FREE KINDERGARTENS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 July 1936, Page 8

GRANTS FOR FREE KINDERGARTENS.

MINISTER SYMPATHETIC (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Last Night. A request for financial assistance in carrying on the work of the Dunedin Free Kindergarten Association was made by a deputation from the association comprising Lady Sidcy, .Mrs. 11. A. Ewing and Mrs. D. Phillips which waited on the Minister of Education this afternoon.

Airs. Ewing said that the Dunedin Association, which was the oldest in New Zealand, conducted five kindergartens, one in North East Valley having been closed during the depression. Borne years ago the association had received a grant of £4OO from the Dunedin .Savings Bank and had been virtually promised a subsidy on that amount by the Minister. At that tune the association had gone aaeud and paid £450 for a section at .St. Kilda but the subsidy had not come from the Government. Now the Savings Bank was willing to allow the association the section provided it received as much as it paid for the land and it was possible that the money might be used for a kindergarten in some other district, possibly Tainui. The association was anxious that the former Government capitation grant be restored. The Minister promised to give consideration to the deputation’s request, as soon as possible. He said it must be regarded as part of the general scheme of kindergartens in New Zealand and the important thing was that they should be efficiently conducted.