DAIRY SCHOOL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8965, 3 August 1905, Page 5

DAIRY SCHOOL.

DEPUTATION TO BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The matter of the site for the projected experimental dairy school has been vigorously canvassed in several centres during the past few weeks, and on Wednesday evening Hawera entered the arena, when a deputation waited upon the Borough Council in this connection.

The deputation was from the Hawera 'Chamber of Commerce, and consisted of Messrs Wrigley, Strack, and Ekdahl.

Mr F. J. Wrigley said the deputation understood that the Government had decided to establish a dairy school and that the necessary money had been voted, and the only question was that of site. Mr Seddon had recently said that it was still undecided where the school should be placed. The deputation wished to bring forward the claims of Hawera as a suit able place. Briefly, the reasons were that Hawera was in the centre of a very large dairying district. They believed the school was to serve the whole of the North Island, so that if it were placed here it would be available to all students. When Mr Kinsella was previously the expert he said no very great quantity of land would lie required, but that water and drainage were essential to the success of the school. "These things they had in Hawera. The deputation now asked the Council to consider the advisability of offering a suitable site to the Government at a nominal rental. They considered that a great many students would be coming here, and Hawera, with its good hotels and commodious boarding-houses, could provide the necessary accommodation. He thought the town as a whole would benefit.

Mr C. A. Strack endorsed what Mr Wrigley had said, and expressed the opinion that the Chamber was working in the right direction. It was essential to secure co-operation, as union was strength. He had no hesitation in saying that Hawera was one of the most progressive and up-to-date towns in the colony. In advocating the claims of Hawera as a proper place for the school the speaker submitted a volume of statistics showing the butter production, number of cows, etc., in this district. Taianaki, be said., was certainly entitled to the school, and of the towns in Taranaki Hawera, 1 in his opinion., had the best claim.

Mr Ekdahl supported the views of the previous speakers.

The Mayor said ho was pleased to welcome the deputation, and was sure that the Council would sympathise very heartily with the proposal. There was a site, at the end of High street, near the hospital. It was alongside the railway station, and connected with water and drainage, /ihe situation of the land was good and the accommodation all that could be expected. The area was about four acres. They reckoned on getting about £13 or £15 per annum from this land, and the question was whether the Council would be prepared to forego that rental. He did not think that giving the site alone would secure the school, but TTawera had other claims to back their offer up. He moved, That the Council fully sympathise with the objects of the deputation, and would oe prepared to offer one of the sites in' the borough (four or five acres) at £2 2s per annum; and that Crs Cameron. Wilson, Sargeson and the mover be set up to co-operate with the committee from the Chamber of Commerce. Cr Wilson seconded the resolution, which was carried. Mr Wrigley thanked tlie Council for the cordial reception of the deputation, and hoped that with the Council's co-operation they "would carry the proposal to a successful issue.

WHERE SHALL IT BE?

Recently a, Palmerston, deputation waited upon the Premier regarding the advisability of establishing a dairy tchool, leaving the question of site open. Mr Seddon said the difficulty they had been faced with was that of a site, and the pnrchnte of the land, when they got the site they desired, meant a lot of money. Mr Wood : Pa'.merhtoa North will give about a hundred acres— the old racecourse site — for this purpose. Mr Seddon eaid the Chief Dairy Commissioner, Mr Kinsclla, had pressed this matter on the Government, and it- had be-on fully considered. Cabinet had unani mouely agreed that a dairy school should be established, and he was of opinion that the sooner they mad,e a start and got the school equipped the better it would be for the dairying industry. The necessary appropriiition for this purpose would be made this session.

ANOTHER PALMERSTON VOrCE

Mr Johnston brought the mattor before the Council of the Chamber of Commerce. He said, "What lias been done about, the Dairy School? It is no use hunibup.^ing with the matter.'

Mr Hurley: "I am strongly against giving anything to the Government in the way of" a bribe or a premium. We arc practically saying to them, we will give you the land if you will put the school here, and I don't approve of it at all. If the Government won't put it here without our giving the land, then it is their lookout. This is admitted to be the best centre for it."

Sonif. doubt was expressed as to whether the Council could promise a site without the ratepayers' sanction. It was also considered that a local Bill would have to be passed by Parliament before a reserve could he handed over for the purpose. It was finally decided that a deputation of the whole Council should wait on

the Borough Council at its next meeting and ask for an immediate reply a 6 to whether they coiild see their way to make a recommendation to the Government in regard to a site. ._, - Mr Hurley alone dissented. He said, "If the Government, want land, they should buy it like other people have to."

LEVIN'S CLAIMS.

The Levin Farmer says "it is not worrying itself about the site of the dairy school because it is just a question of what part of the Levin State Farm the building nhall be erected on."

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