DISBANDED JUNIOR CADETS.
DISPOSAL OF EQUiPMI£NT QUESTIONS WJUMJUOOiT, ,; |jg , • ■•■'•■" >;' r ' ■'■'•'■- .'•''''•'■*_'•"- ■'-<.":}. ■:.; [BY TELFGRAPH.— COBttraMOTEEr.]|!^g • ,Wbl:cjkoton, Tuesday. 1 "' '{ Notice was given by Mr. T.'M, Wilford .-•" to-day ' of \ three" £ questions which bore directly upon tbe change -made. in the sys- - >^- >t :. tern of: physical training, arid which • asked : .• • ■ ■■■ what had become of the equipment pro* vided for the junior cadets la, the past;' The first question, "IwKTressed to the Minister for Education, was:—"What has, been done with the 10,000 Glengarry caps,- ;":•-; the 10,000 waistbelts, the 10,000 pouches, the .10,000 haversack*,; the 10,000;' jerseys, and the 10,000 model' rifles,' which were recently purchased for .fchs junior cadet*, and • • 's _.; whether it is a fact ".thatthe jerseys, which, cost about ,'3s 3.0 d each are : being. sold'for£ts||l Is each, and the model rifles V.which' cost about 4s each have in' some r cases been' burnt, and whether any officer in the Edui cation Department has given authority for. : "r ; -v j such rifles to be burnt?" The cost price of 10,000 model rifles, said Mr.' Wilford, ' •;•. at 4s each comes to £2000,'. and , the coat of 10,000 jerseys at Ss-'10d: each came to '."'-- £1917. .' ♦- * '. '■ -\ ' The next query, addressed to the Minis- . - ter for Defence, was whether the Defence Department has written't!> the vesical branch of the Education Department,; or to . : ;i \ the Education Department, asking; how :. ; "■'. many model " rifles were ■ available," and an . , what • price they would sell, and whether ~':'; the Education Department is able', to ac- -:;.', V count for the model rifles which "they issued to schools? Mr. Wilford lastly asked |be Minister " for Education whether ' authority: has been?£*•.-■'... given to any school teachers to sell andy:'i£v? : dispose of the junior cadet jerseys, ■ which :<~;;"S;'; were recently purchased ; by • Ihp Ocowiii a'byg|l*HJ§ a cost roughly of £1917, and'whether the • t ~<\ r ; proceeds', of the sales of some .of.' these rj|er-;.-.V. ; 3~j seys have been paid -into 'the. sports' funds of certain schools instead of into the Public Account, and' if bo ' who- cave, such! ' I authority?
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15390, 27 August 1913, Page 11
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332DISBANDED JUNIOR CADETS. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15390, 27 August 1913, Page 11
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