AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
SUITABILITY OF RUAKURA SUPPORTED BY THE CHAMBER. The supervisor of I lie Manual and Technical -branch of the Auckland Education Board submitted to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last evening •' copy of the report on agricultural edu - cation which Mr Kalaugher brought before the Board last, month and which was approved. In asking the Chamber for its support in urging the Gnvernrnent to give immediate effect to the proposals in the report the particular points stressed were:—-(1) The suitability of Ruakura State Farm of Instruction for agricultural educational work; (2) the urgent need that exists for the provision of lodging accommodation for students (farmers, teachers and others) attending short courses of instruction at the Farm: (3) the need for establishing farm schools or colleges in connection with the Government experimental farms throughout New Zealand, and the particularly urgent need for the establishment of one at, Ruakura Government Farm of Instruction.
A suitable resolution on the subject was suggested, i.e., “The Government be urged to make immediate provision for the establishing of a farm school or college at the Ruakura Farm of Instruction on the lines outlined in the report on agricultural education as submitted by the Auckland Education Board-”
The chairman said that the Chamber had warmly supported such a project several times in the past.
Major Whyte said that Ruakura was one of the finest institutions they haT in New Zealand. The farmers did not take the interest in Ruakura they should. Dealing with the arguments some people raised about the cost of running Ruakura, it had to be remembered that it was an experimental farm. The college would be a splendid thing, to have established there. The speaker paid a tribute to the high qualification of Mr Primrose McConnell, late manager, and of the present manager (Mr Green) and Mrs Green. The chairman said that everything necessary for a college was on the farm except the buildings, and nothin; very ornate was required in that direction.
The Chamber unanimously carried the resolution, moved by Mr Whyte and seconded by the chairman.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14772, 11 October 1921, Page 6
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