TECHNICAL EDUCATION

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15123, 14 October 1912, Page 8

TECHNICAL EDUCATION

QUESTION OF GOVERNMENT AID. * •'.-';,- SUBSIDIES, NOT GRANTS. MINISTER STANDS FIRM '.'?:.? — ' ' \! : .-'T-'f [BV TELEGHAPn.-SPF.CIiL CORIIESI>OXDEXT.*| Wellington-, Saturday. ■ . Hoy. Jas. Ai.i.f.n- was waited upon to-day' \- by a Canterbury deputation \hat asked" for a grant of £5500 for tlio Technical vl Collie and the iris' Training Hostel lii the course of his reply, Mr. 'Alierf ' said he could only grant a £ for £ subsid? upon tho money raised locally. ',' •< Mr. G. W. llussoll asked if that pohW was to be general in its application. .. ':V Mr. Allen : It is the policy now; it'.ji ! laid down by statute. ;;•:-:: [ Mr. Davey : Is that being done ii Dune-din? Mr. Allen : It is being done in Dunw * din. It- was true, he said, that it ha 4 been departed from in regard to lavercart- : gill, but not by him, and not on the reV: commendation of the Department. --; Mr. Witty : Were there, any grants onfV side the law for other institutions? Mr. Allen : I think in Inviercaxgill- i there were, but I am not- responsible -foes i that. - , Mr. Witty : Why not depart from it iff ■> Christchurch, then? v> Mr. Allen : Two wrongs do not make & rigid. It is surely not too much to as];of Christ-church to contribute £17150. Tfi!;V is a fairly well-to-do city. In regard tacthe work that was being done in etinneoi" tion with domestic science, ho had beet* :v ; in close touch with it for several years, . and he believed it would do a great deal to put domestic work upon a higher placer-" and help the people to realise that- honKji-f life was the best foundation upon whicli - to build up a nation. Ho -was, however* : for the present, unable to depart from the, policy" that had been laid down. If a change was made for one it must be made--' for all, and in the present condition o£J : ' the finances he could not recommend fchq v Cabinet to depart from the £ for £ ays, ■ tern. He hoped that at the end of-tha financial year he might be justified in recommending to the Cabinet more genero^ M assistance, but at the- present time ie did?? not see his way to do it. J;Mr. Davey : Could you not recommends the Cabinet to make a grant ? , '-, Mr. Allen : It must be on the Estnrftf ates. . ,- Mr. Davey f-aid ho hoped the Ministers would reconsider the position, otherwise :?f the work at tho hostel would have to b<| ; closed down. :'■:■'. Mr. Allen said bo would be pleased t&£ put the matter before Cabinet, but he had : i told them his own opinion. In view or ; : the financial position at tho present tima he again urged the people of ChristchurcH to make some local effort. In Dunedhtthftl public found £3CKT a year for four years* and the School of Domestic Economy did;" not cost the university a halfpenny. Thai other day Dunedin. in building its techniy cal school, was short of soma £500 orl' £600, and one gentleman alone presented a cheque for £500.