LINCOLN COLLEGE

Hokitika Guardian, 29 August 1929, Page 5

LINCOLN COLLEGE

DEPUTATION TO CABINET. ' REQUEST FOR GRANT.

By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, Aug. 29

In response to a request that Government should make an annual statuLory grant of £3IOO to the Lincoln College, Sir Joseph Ward gave an assurance' to-day, to a deputation 'from the Board of Governors which waited on him, and the Ministers of Agriculture and Education, that Cabinet would look upon the matter with a favourable eye. . Introducing the deputation, Mr Kyle, M.P. stated that recently four members of tne staff had left on account of greater inducements elsewhere.

Mr Buddo ,M.P. said it was a reflection on the education system, if Lincoln College could not be maintained efficiently.

Dr Denham and Mr C. M. Hewlett stressed the good nature of the work being accomplished by the College, and the value of science to farming. The necessity for trained experts was now generally recognised. • Sir Joseph Ward replying, said the case made out was worthy of the utmost consideration. He could not give definite reply at that stage, as the matter would have to go before Cabilot. He recognised the value of higher education in connection with the agricultural pursuits of the Dominion. Lincoln College was there to stay and the deputation could take it that it would not be turned down by the Government. He knew the position the College was in, and something required to be done to give it renewed life.