TRADE SCHOOLS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1935, Page 5

TRADE SCHOOLS

YOUTH TRAINING PROPOSAL (Per Pres*, Aarociawn, Copyright). AUCKLAND, August 1. Proposals for the establishment of a trades school 1 in Auckland for the. purpose of training for entry into useful occupations youths who through the depressed state of industry in the past few years have failed to .yfind openings for, their services, . w-eye discussed at a preliminary conference arranged by Mr W. Slaughter, Officer, in Charge of Unemployment, in the Auckland district, who presided. There were present Mr W. Bromley, DeputyChairman of the Unemployment' Board, representatives of the boot industry, oir Joseph Smith, pf the Boys' Employment Committee, and' Mr ,T. Findlay, secretary of the Auckland Manufacturers’, Association. /'‘ A;.: M r Bromley referred to the gr.eatnumber’of bbVs and" girls who Had left and were leaving school but were denied the opportunity of starting in some occupation that would become their life’s work. This was a great untapped source of some of the finest material in the world; and there was now an opportunity for industry to do something to provide Tor the future absorption of these young people. He selected the hoot industry as the first to have the proposal submitted S) it, because he knew this trade was suffering from the dearth of young people with technical training. This also applied to many other trades, and he hoped the meeting would be the beginning of a campaign which would lead to the provision of skilled workers for all industries. Hi s suggestion was that trade schools should be set up to train suitable boys and girls. Manufacturers'would be expected to do their part. He understod that assistance could he obtained from the Education Department, and he wa s authorised to say that the Unemployment Board would give favourable consideration to i an application for assistance to a suitable scheme. It was for the manufacturers to say whether they considered they would benefit from being able to employe a better trained class of worker.