THAT SAMOAN TRAP.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16035, 28 January 1920, Page 9

THAT SAMOAN TRAP.

DISCUSSED BT EDUCATION BOARD. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 28. When the -Wellington Education Board met to-day Mr P. Shand moved ; “That this Board enter an emphatic protest against the action of the Government in arranging an unnecessary visit to Samoa and other islands in the South Seas, thereby expending large sums of public money that might be circulated to greater advantage in combatting many problems of our time. In the course of the discussion the chairman (Mr Forsyth) pointed out that the Government should not be blamed, as Parliament had decided that the trip should he made. The motion was defeated. Mr G. London: “Does that mean that the Board approves the trip?” The chairman: “The Board does not approve the trip, but it does disapprove of the motion as it is worded.”