AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
TO BE ESTABLISHED AT PENROSE. (Per United Press Association.) Masterton, December 20. The Hon. 11. Atmore, Minister of Education, accompanied Mr. T. B. Strong, Director of Education, visited the Penrose farm near Masterton to-day and heard further representations by the Wairarapa Secondary Education Board and by Mr. William Perry, on behalf of the farm trustees, regarding the use of an area for the purposes of an agricultural school for pupils from the secondary and district high schools. Mr. Atmore inspected property which consists of upwards of 700 acres with large and useful buildings, and other equipment; and said an agricultural school would be established. Local representatives and Mr. Atmore agreed that an agricultural school at Penrose would be a valuable adjunct to the Massey College. The pick of its pupils would go on to the national institution and become scientific instructors in agriculture. The property was provided originally by the district donors as a training farm for soldier settlers with' a proviso that it should later be used for general agricultural education.
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Southland Times, Issue 20963, 21 December 1929, Page 7
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174AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL Southland Times, Issue 20963, 21 December 1929, Page 7
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