LINCOLN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 10

LINCOLN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

EESENTED. .; : ■ -S-K,■■'■r'.-' (By! TcleEraDb.r-rress -AisociatlonJ-iv ■'.-; /;. ' Ty>, ■ ■.■"'.•■■;:"■ , Christchurch, Sep.tiimbpr ' Xiyi ■: ' The nirector. : of;.the. Canterbury Agricultural , ;; . College Aloxander).'at;a ;mebt- ' ing of thejßoard -of. Governors" to-day, made rer'V'ferehce ■'tb.'--.tjie''.ibmarks' o[ the-- Hon. Thomas : MackenzieV Minister for:' ; Agriculture, relative '■';'• 'to^the-j-collbgp;..- and :' : siiid'---he. fished-'to;-know : ; . if the board considered them worthy of notice. ':'■■}■ Mr. Eichar'daon said heisaw -the Hon. G. Fowlds after his ,viait';to the college, and' that Minister expressed .hitnself : as .-very'-•■pleased. the'"work'- that 'iwns.'being 'carried.: on :,;■-. thero,o'-'--i'.V. -■:••■.•: '•■"-' :J .■ ' ■■■■- x ■' ■'■'.'' ■' 'vMr.'Knight:. The : .Minister*for• Agriculture ''has replied . pretty fully to'"Bio opinions of tho Hon.-llr. Fowlds. ' :--, ,-.',• ', .::.Mr. Murphy said that the work) qf the insti- ; .- tution ;was''so .well known by every agricultural ■ • man in the Dominion .that ihey had' better -/Bay. nothing about the':-statements . of. ■■ Mackenzie.'.- .; The; "< agricultural, ■'-.. community •'' throughoiit Now Zealand, was "aware of-".the '■''.;Value of the .work done.>at the .college, v and ■' it'was unnecessary.'to,, reply. .'■.■. '«\ .'-.-Mr. Knight: said the. cnticisms i were 6imply '.'■'■■'' Aha remarks - of a man -who . did not know •; r what ho was talking-about.' ■': ;■■•';■ ••■- V -The chairman (the Hon. E. C. J. Stevens): .' I heard that: Mr. -Mackenzie has, never yisitod Ctthe college"' at all. .It is therefore a'littlo ; -difficult to mo how.he could ha aware of the '■■:: r --'Batnie. of. the .isstmction Bjjen,

Mr. Knight: OhS rather peculiar,fact-is that Mr. wonted.to send hia son.-here. At least,-1 understand -so. '. '.. . <■■ The chairman: I do not know, but I think I heard something about it. •,.-._ r Mr. Murphy-said.that in the; fact of Mr.; FowldsV opinion, he did not think tho matter should: be pursued further. ■'" ■ ' ■'•■ , Mr. Blackley said that the remarks were a "reply to an interjection, "What about Lincoln College?", and. thoMinister went ahead nnd let.-them oil in a frothy way. .. ; . ~ .The; chairman .said that the institution was under the Minister for Education, and not under the Agricultural Department at all, which', perhaps, was an unfortunate circumstance. One member of the board was appointed by the Governor, while the Legislative Council, and the House of< .Eepresentattves together had the appointment of threo.' The remainder wore appointed by the Agricultural and Pastoral -Associations in' Canterbury. : 'Mr. Knight: Tho Government are represented by three members on this board. -.. Mr. Blackley said tho Minister was trying, ti get £5000 from Mr. Buchanan, and wanted to throw cold water'.'oh theicollego, in the hope of getting it'•■•.■ 4 ; .' ■'. : After further discussion, the matter was allowed to drop. v v ..- . :'...