Resentment Expressed.
♦ GRANTS FOR EDUCATION. FINE COLLEGE RECORD. (By Telegraph—Press Association). WELLINGTON, Nov. 8. Resentment of the evidence given to- the Native Affairs Commission by Mr. R."C. Clark, principal of Wesley College,'Paerata, was expressed, by Sir Apirana Ngata in the House of Representatives yesterday. Sir Apirana said the charge had been made by Mr. dark that in the distribution of the Maori Purposes Fund for education purposes thero had been denominational, geographical and tribal bias.
"The country should take off its hat to Te Aute College," said Sir Apirana. it is in Hawke's. Bay, but nearly all the leading natives, from all parts of the country have been educated there, but stones are thrown at the institution because it happens to be in Hawke's Bay"
Sir Apirana "said that from 1885 to 1932, 37,000 Maori boys and girls had left native primary schools. Of that number, 14,000 passed through secondary schools and 3300 of them went through Te Aute. Altogether 8800_out of the 14,00~0 went through secondary schools in Hawke's Bay. In the same time, Wesley College educated 187 Maoris.
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Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19254, 8 November 1934, Page 3
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