THE DAIRY SCHOOL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9017, 17 March 1908, Page 3

THE DAIRY SCHOOL

TO BE ESTABLISHED AT PAL

MERSTON NORTH

FINAL DECISION OF CABINET

From the Post we learu that Cabinet

decided on Saturday evening that the Dairy School is to be elected at Pal- _■__ ou North - The battle of the sites jflpbeen waged with vigour of late, aud public-spirited people—aud other people—for many mouths have been strenuously urgiug the claims of Palmerstou North, Feilding. Stratford, Hawera. Martou, Leviu, Woodville, Hastings, aud Hamilton. Ministers had beeu interviewed, aud sites Had beeu generously offered for the school. Several mouths ago the Post announced on reliable authority that Palmerston would be choseu as the site, aud tho correctness of the information, though it wasdeuied in several quarters at the time, has now beeu verified. It is known that the Dairy Commissioner, Mr Singleton, who is now in Euglaud, strongly favoured Palmerston North on account of its central position aud the great gatherings of farmers which are held there every year. Iv the case of Feilding, Mr F. Lethbridge offered a fifty-acre site for the school. Levin considered it had special claims, for the reasou that tho Weraroa Experi-

mental Fnrin is already established jjgftr.. Marrou relied on its central Ijptioi.i. and the various towns iv Tanuiaki ou their close connection -with the greatest dairying districts iv IS'ew Zealand. In the opinion of Cabinet, however, which had to dispassionately consider all the sites, Palinerston has undoubted advantages, and it could not be passed over in the final selection. When the school is iv full swing, a large number of students will require aecoumiodation, and the Government is convinced that it has done the right thing in the interest of the couutry as a whole. It is the intention of' the Government to make the school a first-class institution that will be of lasting benefit to the Dominion, and a great help to oue of its most important industries. The school will be the first of its kind in Australasia, A sum of between £2000 and £3000 is already iv hand from endowments. The school will be erected on a portion of the Manawatu A. and P. Association's grouuds at .__ Palmerstou. The laud is a borough .Preserve a little over forty-five acres iv area, and is practically in the to. n, and within easy distance of the railway station. Mr Singleton will have charge of the school, aud it is proposed to appoint a bacteriologist and chemist to the staff. The buildings l|M|ill require to be fairly extensive. llpd will include lecture rooms and laboratory, a butter factory, and a cheese factory. Experiments will be carried out on an extensive scale. At present the idea the Government has in mind is to train students for the positions of managers of butter aud cheese factories. Diplomas will be granted after a student has attained proficiency in the course of instruction set out, aud in time it is hoped that these diplomas will be a condition

precedent to securing a position as manager of a dairy factory.