EDUCATIONAL

Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1929, Page 5

EDUCATIONAL

! STATEMENT BY MINISTER, - ,(By.Telegraph—Preii Aswciatiori), I t •’ r- -r t ;/ ;-a-;, ■■ •.... • . ■ : ■ |-, '; . WELLINGTON, ■ Arig;; 27. i -Replying toj/a, deputationthe Neiv:Zealand ,rtp-^y,./Mr .’H. ; A-tm.o're: - said ; the ma jor ity. of request s ; • < involved extra cost-andralthough many 4f< them -might ihe expedient arid. equit-. ■ able ;jt;wouldi/noti ha ;posibW;;to-: carry^ r ; bherii /Put; straightv.-away.- y•'y ■■ • | With; regard’; tri-; superorinuation'/he'. did -riot agree: iwith- the ppinion of Mr '- '.. Downife Stewart-that it .rh,ade' rio differencb; w^bther- tthe' ! .prit'its clontributiori* into- the/ funds - of," not. .The Premier . had - stated -. an i nquiry - would he /iriade into' the" state; of the • fjunds,. and. ’ ..that ? would'-’he ■ ; an actuarial one. ,-He, assured-teachers that . their; vrepresentatdoris .would; be riarefully considered - ,at -they' proper time. ; ♦; • .... '. . ; 'He did not see any possibility of in- - creasing the allowances to school com- - mitees. Government was‘ faced with x y ,of .making-pp/.thh deficit; £577,000,, ■P.^a-iP i icli/^^ctrilrt 7 ' ;§pend /to make ' good, the, earthqqake damage. The' education vote would not be decreased in" any way, but'therp was little horp of’ it being; increased, jHe loolfed. forward to-,being.,able to , placeprimaryandsecondaryischoolscm; a ait equal footing, / eyen/fn ; ; T ( egard to salaries paid- to fteadmastera.—. , ; ; j An endeavour. waS/ heing made to remodel the j school- in-. each, district," . it was 'n6t;-T^iWe,"tA;cawy : out that : programme/ arid at the saine time meet requests, made for f 'ne\v schools. ■ ■ When the.'. 'iklucation. Act' was sblidated next year;, the right of ap- ’ peal, woiikl be 'granted/ ylie:could -see/ ; ; no '"reason for with-holding it, arid he . ; did, not' think;jit>w , ould # be abused’/n, /\ any way.. He.nigreed;it was not desir-. able to control the education ; 4ystem , ; *hy means’;of regulations, but until the v Act Ayaa it; would be necessary to have a certain number of regritatims to' meet cases ;whicli;. could . . not be dealt ’with /under fliq/Statute IJaW. ’ " ,V .\ t ■ r