PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24826, 24 February 1944, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Professor C. R. Knight left for Wellington yesterday. Sir Francis Beaurepaire, of Melbourne. who arrived in New Zealand early this month and has be'en visiting the south, has returned to Auckland He is at the Central Hotel. Sir Arthur S. Gaye, United Kingdom representative on the British Phosphate Commission, Sir Albert Ellis, New Zealand representative on the commission" and Mr. T. H. Donaldson, New £ land manager, left for Wellington yeaterday. STATE BURSARIES PLEA FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS "MATTER BEING CONSIDERED" (S.R.) _ WELLINGTON. Wednesday I his matter is tinder consideration at the present moment," said the Minister of Education, the Hon. H. G. ft. Mason, when be was given permission to make an immediate reply in the House of Representatives this afternoon to a question urging bursaries for private schools, notice of which was given by Mr. C. G. Barker (Opposition —Waipawa).

Mr. Harker referred to the acknowledged high standard of education at many of the private schools and other secondary schools and asked that the Minister reconsider the Secondary Schools Bursaries Regulations, 1943, which declared that no bursary should be tenable at any private school or at any school that for the time being was not approved for accrediting purposes, with a view to making all such bursaries tenable at any school capable of giving to any bursary winner the requisite standard of education.

In a note to his question Air. Harker said the funds from which the bursaries were provided were contributed to by the general body of taxpayers and all parents should be placed on an equal basis in the provision of opportunity to avail themselves of bursaries awarded to their children.

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. S. G. Holland, said the question was one which all members would like to discuss and he hoped it would-be placed on the Order Paper. The Minister said it would be. Associated with Mr. Harker in his question were Messrs. R. M. Algie (Opposition—Reinuera), W. A. Bodkin (Opposition—Central Otago) and E. P. Aderman (Opposition—New Plymouth).

TECHNICAL EDUCATION FACILITIES FOR KAIKOHE VISIT BY DR. BEEBY (0.C.) KAIKOHE, Wednesday A representative meeting of the Kaikohe District High School committee, representatives of the Maori race, a&i interested townspeople met the Director of Education, Dr. C. E. Beebv, at Kaikohe last evening to discuss technical and manual education in tie upper North, comprising the Baj of Islands, Hokianga, Whaugaroa and Mangonui counties. Mr. H. F. Guy, chairman of the Kaikohe school committee, presided, "and asked if the manual and technical school proposed for Kaikohe could be put on the list of urgent works. He said the census of 1936 showed that the four northernmost counties had a combined population of approximately 31,000, while the four southern counties of the peninsula had 39,000 peoplej but in that area was the Whangarei High School, which catered for a large, proportion, while pupils from the louer Xorth were adjacent to the Auckland City schools. The people were anxious to know if the promise of a manual and technical school' still held good and;if the erection could be speeded up. Other speakers supported the request. In reply, Dr. Bee by said as far as Kaikohe was concerned nothing that he or the Minister could have done could have speeded up the building of the technical and manual school at Kaikohe.

"We hare bought the site of the technical school," said Dr. Beeby; "and I know of no change in the Government policy. I regard this matter in the Far North as a definitely urgent one and the points you have made are good ones. I have no quarrel with what has been said to-night-," he concluded. .M,T. Crawley asked if the school could be given a start by the erection of the technical block immediately. :: Dr. Beeby: "Yes, it is a feasible plan, so long as you can make use of it. T will gd into t.he matter u-hen T return to Wellington." He said that sketch plans for the major scheme were out- and the suggestion was that one wing should be- erected. OBITUARY MR. L. W. WHITE TJie death has occurred.la Auckland of -Mr. Leslie W. White, who was closely connected with the development of radio broadcasting in the city. Mr. White, who was the eldest son of the late Colonel and Mrs. White, of Grafton .Road, was born in Auckland and educated at Prince Albert College. He qualified in his profession in London. Mr. White held a commission in the .Royal Flying Corps in the last war, and on returning to Auckland practised as a consulting electrical engineer. When the first broadcasting company began operations in Auckland at the Scots Hall, Symoilds Street, Mr. White was its engineer.

MR. T. M. O'CONNELL (0.C.) TE IvUITI, Wednesday

The death has occurred, at Hamilton i of 31r. Thomas Michael O'Connell, aged 160, who was a resident of Te Kuiti for 25 years and took an active-in-terest in local body affairs. He was 3 member of the borough council for I*. years and served for seven yeass on the Waitomo Eiectric-Power Board. Born at Nasebv, Mr. O'Connell joined the New Zealand Railways and later transferred to Te Kuiti. He was assistant locomotive foreman st Frankton Junction until a few months ago. Mr. O'Connell took an £ c tive interest in sport. He is survived by his wife and three sons. NEW CALEDONIA COMMAND The American Army officer, MajorGeneral Rush B. Lincoln, who lias been succeeded bv Brigadier-General R. L. Owens. U.S. Army, as commanding general of the New Caledonia command, has been ordered to Washington to assume an important out unannounced command. Major-Genera Lincoln went to New Caleaonia as commanding general in rsovem b?r, 1942, after about nine months service in Australia, where he organised the administrative supply and maintenance - sections of the air service for "enc t Douglas MacArtbur's South-west racfic command. TASMAN AIR SERVICE A Tasman Empire Airways flying-bosj i arrived at Auckland from bydoe. vesterdav. The following passengers ff<* 0 1 : carried: —Messrs. J- Walmsley. • K. Phillips. N. J. Suckling, N Y Bishop, E. W. Yates, A. L. Gatland, Mesrlames P. G. Savage, E. G. Gi-moJj. M. E. Sercent. G. M. Nunmo and infan daughter, S. G. Snlas, K B. Cooke, M. M. Drew, Misses R. E. Hewlett, u. G. Wiggins. F. Ai Beehervaise and Danetree.