Saving in Education Vote

Otago Witness, Issue 4085, 28 June 1932, Page 25

Saving in Education Vote

Twenty-eight teachers in the Otago Education Board's district are expected to lose their positions during the next two years as a result of the raising of the school age. These positions, the majority of which are held by female teachers, will actually cease to exist. The figures taken out by the board show that 38 schools will be reduced in grade, resulting in a further 28 teachers becoming “ over scale.” These teachers, 22 of whom will be head or sole teachers and six assistants, will have to be transferred to positions in which the same salary will be paid unless they obtain other positions by applying for them. The total saving in teachers’ salaries in Otago will be a little over £BOOO. The school committee grants for incidentals will be reduced in a great many instances, while the board’s grant for general purposes, which is based on the average attendance, will also suffer. The Minister of Education (Mr R. Masters) estimates the total saving in capitation to boards at £2OOO and in grants to committees at £9OOO. On those figures it is estimated that school committees in Otago will lost £9OO and that the loss to the board will be about £2OO. It is anticipated that the following city schools will lose one teacher: — Arthur Street, Caversham, George Street, Macandrew Road, Alaori Hill, Mornington, Musselburgh, North-East Valley, ami St. Clair. The Minister estimates that the total saving effected throughout the Dominion b.v the raising of the school age will be £120,000.

One-man Trams in America The extent to which one-man trams are operated in the United States and Canada is indicated in figures quoted by the general manager of the Christchurch tramways (Air Frank Thompson) in a report to the board. He states that in November, 1929, there were 680 electric tramways in these countries on which 65,200 cars were run. He had been given information regarding 427 of these undertakings, which had 46,732 cars, or more than 71 per cent, of the grand total of all undertakings. The 427 tramways operated 22,852 one-man cars and the number had increased since the information was compiled. Eighty-one of these 427 undertakings were in cities, the population of which exceeded 100,000 each, but they did not use one-man ears exclusively.