DRIFT TO CITIES
COUNTRY SCHOOL CHILDREN [from oun OWN coiuikspondknt] PUKEKOHE, Tuesday "There is something wrong in our educational system to-day," said Mr. J. N. Massey, M.P., this afternoon when officially declaring the new infant building at the Patumahoo School open. "Wo find that even in country towns, such as Waiuku and Pukelcohe, tho majority of boys leaving school do not go on tho land, but enter occupations in the towns. Tho official figures confirm this." "Our great primary industry—farming—'is facing a crisis. While it is not stagnating, it is not making the progross it should when wo consider that the prosperity of tho Dominion depends on it," continued Mr. Massey. "It is our bounden duty in the interests of New Zealand to encourage children to take up farming pursuits," ho added, "and to do what we can to counter the drift to tho cities. I strongly favour an agricultural bias in education."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23504, 15 November 1939, Page 10
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153DRIFT TO CITIES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23504, 15 November 1939, Page 10
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