GREAT TRAVELLERS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 42, 19 February 1930, Page 10

GREAT TRAVELLERS

MINISTEES ON TOUE

GISBORNE GETS SIX VISITS

(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.")

GISBOENE, This Day.

Speaking at a welconio to the Minister of Education (the Hon. 11. Atniore),- the' Mayor of Gisborne (Mr. .D. W. Coleman) said that he had been privileged during the last few inouuis to extend a welcome to six members of the present Cabinet, and it spoke volumes for the Government, whether one agreed with them politically or not, that Cabinet Ministers were makingthemselves, acquainted with the needs of the various districts, if other parts of the Do "inion had received the same attention so far as personal visits were concerned, then he felt that New Zealand had nothing to complain of so far as that aspect was concerned.

Mr. W. D. Lysnar; the member for the district, also spoke. In extending a welcome to Mr. Atniore, he said the Minister.was one of the. representatives of the Government vwhq had had a long # Parliamentary experience, . and was'always respected in the House. Hy respected Mr. Atmoro i»s a private member and. a friend, and he respected him as a Minister. It was a source'ot' satisfaction to hinx. to do work, with the Minister. He agreed ■. with the Mayor that Mr. Atmore held one of the most important, if not the most important, portfolio in the Cabinet. In his hands rested-the destiny of all. the children of the Dominion who would later on be responsible for carrying on the work of the country. The cost of his Department had been a growing, one for some time until at present it was just on-.four million pounds annually, but they looked, to'the Minister not to curtail the service of that Department, but to see that full value was obtained for the money expended. Changes in the education system were pending, and the. matter was one that required very careful consideration. , He extended his sympathy "to Mr.' Atniore, when ho realised the responsibility that rested upon him, but he felt sure that no matter how important the. task Mr. Atniore would grapple. .with it, and would be able to assist the education of the Dominion in a way that would commend itself and was desired by the public. He joined with\the Mayor in extending a warm welcome to the Minister,. and ■hoped Mr. Atmore1 would benefit by what he saw whilo with. them. Gisbor.no had been very much neglected in. the past, and, he believed they had as strong a claim for favourable consideration, of their wants as any other portion of the Dominion. The district was a growing one. , It was .somewhat, isolated, but they hoped this { isolation, would be broken in the future. He thought it right that Ministers should travel about and acquaint themselves with .the, conditions,, and he was sure ;they all appreciated it. .