RURAL EDUCATION.

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RURAL EDUCATION.

Wellington, Oct. 15. i At the Councirof ■Agriculture to-tlay, several speakers stressed the importance 'of efficient rural education, and a remit was adopted recommending, the■ Department of Agriculture'to extend the principle of instruction to farmers by itinerant instructors. The Director-General of Agriculture pxnlnined that the department was thoroughly in sympathy with tbp wishes of the conference in this direction, and had the matter under consideration. A difficulty lay in procuring the right class of instructors to undertake the work. The department was at present making .inquiries for"'suitable men both within the Dominion and abroad. Thf> ff>T^v-ing remit was carried unani- • mously -—That the Department of Education be spked to recommend that ft ' "boarding allowance be granted to country students attending high schools and technical schools, so tnat country chiM•ren may thereby be enabled to benefit t'Cpnillv Vil-h town children. iVijnn-ot.oo nnintpr) out that, on account of tbe'^cV of hostel accommodation {mcl'tho inp.Vlit-v of mnnv smnll farmers !to nay bnard for their children m 'centres, f^nrtrv children were nnt n'ole to take full nrh-antnrro of the opportunties of secondary education.