LINCOLN COLLEGE

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22508, 16 September 1938, Page 10

LINCOLN COLLEGE

Government Grant Of £35,000

SUPPLEMENTARY r

ESTIMATES

0 rgent Requirements

Of Institution

; The -following is the; text of. a telegram received by' “The Press” at Ashburton yesterday from Mr H. : E. Herring, M.P.: — “Lincoln College has secured a; grant of £.35,000 for new building* and renovations. This should be of interest to Ashburton County farmers, especially those suffering sheep - losses; in-view of the research work 1 being undertaken by the college ■ staff.” - , ■ : Intimation,-of.Ah«, grant (which; is - provided for in the Supplement- >, afy -Estirfaates; 'introduced yesterday V ’in the House of Representatives) was f redeived :recently from t the Govern-:-'; merit byAhe Board of Governors, but;. an ' was deferred v. pending 'an official release. The ,: need for extensive renovations. and new farm buildings has-been urged : on .the Government for some time, 'and the -definite information that these works will now "be made pos- = sible will be widely welcomed. ‘ 'it is expected that ‘an. itemisatioh . of the' specific purposes to which - the grant wiH- be - applied' will be : available shortly. Some of the work - ; is-very-urgent,--notably 7 a new dairy j ahdv-stables, the latter of which have reached'such; a state of decay as' to-make them practically use-’.' less. The dormitories and many of ; the main, rooms of the college it- f self also require , extensive renovating.