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Otago Witness, Issue 3885, 28 August 1928, Page 47

The question of the conveyance of country children to school was raised in remits from the Technical Schools’ Association Conference presented to the Minister of Education (Mr R. A. Wright). It was urged that in view of financial hardship inflicted on parents of post-primary children living in districts away from a railway line, the Education Department should consider some form of travelling subsidy in cases where sufficient children were available to require a bus service. It was also recommended that where country children have to travel by car, either service or private, to attend a technical school, the department should pay at least part of the expense. Mr Wright said that he would go into the question of costs, which might not be as much as one might anticipate at a casual glance.

The weather in the Middlemarch district during last week was fine with keen frosts at night up till Thursday, when a gale sprang up and*swept the district at about 90 miles an hour (says our own correspondent). This continued until about 4.30 p.m., when rain set in and lasted for several hours. There are practically no more fat stock to leave the district now with the exception of some cattle. Store sheep are doing well and have wintered well. Farmers are progressing well with their team work, aa rough '“■•eather may be experienced in tha spring.