TECHINICAL SCHOOL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 251, 11 July 1918, Page 7

TECHINICAL SCHOOL

SELECTION OF A SITE ! THE MOUNT COOK SCHEME ton ,«Th. " ,Cal SCh(Kvl for ffc"te- ;!"' a, ' d th ![ Prior question a flio wfecn ft ilo, ' nt ,ttwk «ca sliouM k lonal. institutions, anion? them tJio toolimcal school, nn/l a ceinmUlco of <&■• perU wae set up to prepare a wa'cino lor submission to tlto Govwnii.»ni The iiipinbora of this commillcn Woro jlr. U, \\. Holmes, Chief Jiii{jit»ci- of Public Murks Mr. \V. ]|. Morton, Cily Engi--IIBPI-, Mr. BitKlrick, Uiidcr-Secretnry for J. anils and. Mr. Campbell, Government -UelutecL I'hese gentlomr-n entered upon Iheir task with enthusiasm, ami they l>i-i'|mr«l a report and a model bhowiii" ■JvluiL could Iμ dono with Iho Mount 'Look site. .It ■ was. nn ambitious and •vi'iy expensive scheme that they submitted to tho Government. It could not he adopted out of hand, and tho jnnttosr lias boon moro or lea in abeyance for eoiiio lime. ]«alely it has been revived, and (hn niui'slion of making provision for technical ediictilion wne referred lo two .■members of tho Ministry, who happen lo ilw residcnU of Wollinglon, and the /Minister of Ediicalitm—Hi" '''raucis Bell, M:r. T. 31. Wili'ord, and Mr. ,1. A. Hanan. On Tuesday the three Ministers niado a careful examination of tho ground at Mount Cook, and took uc■count of tho proposals made by the commillee, and also of a memorandum from tho Director of Education. Y«ierilay Sir i'rancis Well and Mir. ITamin, in company with Iho Director of IMuciition, niado an inspection of the classrooms in different parts of the town now •■used for technical school purpo'ce. They iroro escorted on their tour of inspection T>y iho Hon. J. G. ~\V. Aitkeu, chaiirnian of tho Board of Education, and Mr. W. S. la Trobo, Director of tho Technical School. Tho threß Ministers will now consider tho matter, and will mnlte a report to Cabinet on Iho subject. It is still possible that there may be some, ■delay in tho building of a school, and also eomo difficulty about'the. area of ground to bo allowed for the site of it.