“A WASTE OF MONEY”

Southland Times, Issue 19518, 18 May 1922, Page 5

“A WASTE OF MONEY”

THE EDUCATION GAZETTE. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 17. “We talk about retrenchment, but here te an instance of the Education Department wasting money upon a publication which is not worth that much,” remarked the secretary of the Secondary School Assistants’ Association, Mr F. Martyn Renner, at the annual <> nference, with a snap of his fingers. He referred to the extremely unsatisfactory circulation of the Education Gazette as condemned in a remit under discussion. Frequently, he said, the Gazette reached teachers so late that it became a prehistoric curiosity. The Gazette had been an out-and-out failure. In its present form it was an absolute waste of money.—(Applause.) From the point of view of the secondary school teacher its chief function was to enable him to see what positions were vacant. For that purpose it had turned out absolutely useless. By the time it was delivered it was too late for the recipient to apply for a vacancy by the closing date. In spite of frequent protests by the Association the Department still persisted in wasting money on it. The Chief Inspector of Secondary Schools, Mr James Drummond, said that the Department would welcome any suggestion that would tend towards economy. The remit was carried by a very large majority.