NO EXAMINATIONS FOR POLITICIANS AND FARMERS
WELLINGTON , Friday. There is a tendency to overcredit qualification l>y examination as against qualification by actual practice , said Sir Apirana Ngata, ichen the ■ Surveyors Registration
Bill teas before the House of Representatives last evening. “Presently” he added , li there will not be many jobs left that one can get into without examination. 1 think there are only two , one is politics and they reckon any fool can get into politics—well some do, though some very fine men stray in as well. The other is farming , but if you ivere to examine the successful farmers of New Zealand you would find that few would fulfil examination tests , though their practical knowledge would be supreme
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 412, 21 July 1928, Page 13
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119NO EXAMINATIONS FOR POLITICIANS AND FARMERS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 412, 21 July 1928, Page 13
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