TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 960, 29 October 1910, Page 3

TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

The monthly meeting of the Welling, ton Technical Education' Board last night was 1 attended by Messrs. D. Robertson (chairman), J. P.. Luke. M.P., D. M'Laren, M.P., W. H. Field, . Allan;; J. G. W. Aitken', T,' Cannichael,-sandß. FitzgeraldvN-> ; > . : Mr. W. Taylor Was appointed, instructor in. w'obl-cla'ssin£ at-a' remuneration of one guinea for -each demojlßtra« tion. The 1 board .thanked Messrs. Waterhouso and Bannister, representing the Woolbrokers' • Association, for their assistance in the.. matr ter. ' Mr. Taylor has been sixteen, years with Messrs. Murray; Roberts, and Co., Ltd., and conducts a class in. wool-classing at St, ; Patrick's College. The financial statement for the month showed a. credit balance of £952 18s. 2d. Tho Wellington branch of the Institute of. Architects notified that Mr. R. F. Bacon had been appointed as its representative 011 the Painters' ' and Decorators' Board of Control. The Director (Mr. W.S. La Trobe) reported that out of a roll number of 300 students there were 31 bad attend-, ors, as against 28 last year. The bad attenders at present were chiefly in tho mechanical and'plumbing classes. 1 There had been a good deal of illness among tho students. The report vyas received.