IN A GOOD CAUSE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 9

IN A GOOD CAUSE.

EFFORTS FOR EDUCATION

IMPORTANCE TO .THE NATION

“One has only to read the cable news of to-day or to listen, as I have done during the week, to a high executive officer of the London Daily Herald, _to appreciate that in this country, with the education we have had in the past, we have an entirely different outlook from that of certain Continental countries,” said Mr J. Hodgens, M.P., in speaking at the official opening of the new pavilion at the Palmerston North Boys’ High School, on Saturday. Proceeding, the speaker said he was convinced, and the Minister of Education (Hon. P. Eraser) had asked him to tell the gathering that it was his considered opinion, that a Government could only justify itself by fostering education for all tlie Government’s worth, so that the country would never experience what some of the older countries were going through now—for the lack of the proper education of the people. Mr Hodgens said he had impressed in attending the “Empire Parliament” of Industries and Commerce when Viscount Elibank, the president, had given an impression to his hearers, in a speech, that there was a sinister influence bearing clown on the British Commonwealth of Nations, the possibilities of which the leaders feared. The speaker added that he did not ’want to introduce controversial matter at such a gathering, but the excuse for doing so was the impression one gained—and he could be excused for passing it on—that every possible effort given in the cause of education was worth while. .