MINISTER FOR EDUCATION.

Mataura Ensign, 22 July 1909, Page 4

MINISTER FOR EDUCATION.

I'Klt UN'ITKD t'lil'SS ASSOCIATION. PAHIATEA, July^Jl. Tho Hon. (leorgo Kowlds (Minister for Education), accontpaniotl by Sir E. 0. (iihhes (Secretary lor Education), arrived by the mail train and was met hy tin* Mayor and School Committee. In tho afternoon ho formally opened the new district school. &peecjies wcro given by him, tho Rev, Spier (chairman of the School Committee), and Mr Vile (member of tho Kdneaiion Hoard). After declaring the school openthe Minister and other's planted trees. Air i'owlds will attend a school social to-night, and returns to "Wellington tomorrow.