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Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1932, Page 6

In an endeavour to make matters as easy as possible for the student in financial difficulties, the Auckland University College this year instituted a system whereby fees were accepted by instalments. The arrangement is working very satisfactorily. After th© first term open” ed in March this year, there was about £5OOO outstanding in fees, and. the appreciation by the students of th© consideration allowed is shown by th© fact that this amount has been reduced by arranged instalments to under £lOOO. A circular relating to the operation of an Unemployment Board . scheme which was marked “not for publication,” was the cause of a protest to th© Government by th© Rangitikei County Council bn Friday. The chairman, Mr. K.'W. Dalrymple, remarked that while he was not criticising th© schemes or the board’s work, he thought it was entirely wrong that - anything concerning public money should be kept in the dark. A resolution that a protest be entered was carried *unanimously. '