SECONDARY EDUCATION.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4740, 23 August 1902, Page 6

SECONDARY EDUCATION.

IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS. Special to the “Times.” DUNEDIN, August 22. Two important resolutions were discussed at last night’s meeting of tho Dunedin and Suburban School Committees’ Conference. The Rev A. Cameron, of Anderson’s Hay, moved a resolution affirming that the time had arrived when secondary schools and University colleges should be made free, and inviting the co-ope-ration of similar organisations throughout the colony in urging the Government to take tho necessary steps. In a powerful address, he urged that the great reform of making the colony’s education scheme free from the kindergarten to the University could bo carried out for £45,000 a year, towards which a considerable, sum could be obtained by the practice of economics in avoiding overlapping and in the prevention of the duplication of officers and administering bodies. The resultant deficit could easily ho made up by an export tax on coai and gold. He strongly urged this form of taxation because these classes of mining impoverished the soil, and, in most cases, those who made their piles loft the country with their trains. The resolution was carried .unanimously, and as an outcome of its enthusiastic reception it is proposed to form a league with tho object of influencing the constituencies at the coming general ejection. The conference by 15 to 4 adopted a resolution approving the principle of a superannuation fund for teachers, and urging the city and suburban members to support the introduction of legislation mi tho subject, hut asking that entire details of tho suggested schemes should ho discussed hy those immediately interested during the rcccss.i