DUNEDIN TRAINING COLLEGE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21773, 12 October 1932, Page 4

DUNEDIN TRAINING COLLEGE

PETITION FOR RETENTION A WHOLE-HEARTED RESPONSE. The Training College Petition Committee requests that all petitions be returned not later than to-morrow of this week. The committee reports that-an excellent response had been received from electors in both town and country and there have been very few refusals. The number of volunteers available for canvassing dul* ing the short period of three weeks has been limited, otherwise the results would have been even greater. The following extracts taken from letters received from country residents indicate the interest in the retention of the college:— “There are 280 signatures from here. If all the other centres have the same success in proportion, you should have a monster petition from Otago and Southland. that the Minister and Government surely cannot ignore.” “ I made a good canvass of our district and have secured most of the electors. The feeling of the district is in sympathy with you. “ Regret that owing to want of time I have been unable to fill all spaces which otherwise could have been easily accomplished.” “ The response here has been almost unanimous and I trust your efforts will meet with success." “ Unfortunately in a scattered district like this it was impossible to get the signatures of all but we did not miss many. Our committee wishes the board every success with this petition.” “I would like to state that no one to whom it was presented refused to • sign. Trusting it may be of some use in the fight for justice for Dunedin and Otago.” “ I omitted no one in the district and had practically no refusals. Wishing you every success.” “We made a special effort, but most of the farmers were out in the fields. Most of the people here are unanimous regarding the retention of the college.” “ I was not able to get over all the school district with the time at my disposal, but wish to #ay I did not receive a refusal to sign. This I take is a good index of the feeling of the people in Otago regarding the Training College being retained.”