OUR EDUCATION BILL.
.it ■... '• •' •'/ • [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRE S3 ASSOCIATION.] . ■'iNVKRCAKOnx, Saturday. •, The Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister for Edo« cation, was entertained at a social by the Southland Education Board and the High ' ,j School Board last night. The attendance was largely representative of educational ; j interests. ; Responding to the toast of his' j; health, Mr. Fowlds pointed out that the • expenditure on education last year
was £853,147. It was quite possible that in the future years a reaction would be experienced, and in his ifi; opinion, a strong party might seek to cut down the cost of education, to which the pruning knife could be most easily ap- Ag, plied. This furnished a strong reason why * / the present Parliament should do some-' } thing more for the endowment of education, so that it would have ,an assured revenue, independent of the Consolidated p Fund. On the question of instruction in '£.? agriculture in. primary schools Mr. .Fowlds said it was quite possible to do much in that way. It would be left for the second- ~~ T ary or technical schools, which lie : hoped would be provided in various centres.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13486, 13 May 1907, Page 6
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186OUR EDUCATION BILL. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13486, 13 May 1907, Page 6
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