Three Kings College.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 26, 1 February 1904, Page 4

Three Kings College.

Hew .). 11. Simiuoirds. Principal of Tin Kill!"* College, Auckland, was the preacher al Wniieley Memorial Church on Sunila.s cvi-iii'iiK- Hi' briefly outlined Hie history of I In' .n.-li-Ultioll, which is Supported by llio Vvoslevain Methodist Missionary So-cil-iv i.f l-inglan-d iniil the Now Zealand (liuvinua-n!. which during Sir Oeorge drey's tin,,- made grants of some Slit, acr.s of land, on comb'ion thai religion.-. Secular, ami industrial luttcatiou was i.ro\-i-il.-I for Maori bovs ami for needy and destitute children of both races. Tlii' school was carrioil on Willi I lie greatest •■fliciencv from ISl<> lo lSbl), when its progress was blighted by (lip proslnirL of llic war. which was inevitable .nvmi; to Ilia ava.ice ami lolly of live whites ami llic ignorance of (lie natives. So liiiter was the feelinn' against I lie l-:ii s lis!i that the .Maori'ciai.ili-.-n were withdrawn from the school, ami in RW.I, owing loth.- ndi,ceioi> an.l then (.he failure of (he Oovemmenl grant, t lie instiltttiitinn* was closed for seven years and now Ui.- school was taxed lo its full ca|iacil> hy :!l native Mm!, ins I',-sides religion- o .lining uu.,l t ho'l-rcreived''"irrsmu-n,.,i ' 'in lam. work and carpenterimr. the industrial clauses of tin- agreement with (he New Zealand doverniu.-nt being lullscatried out. The T'hree kings college number of nppl.ra.nl - for admission.

aiiid in addition to ibis a scheme was now afoot to establish a home on the lines of in-. Ilai-nado's homes for the children of the poor and H4i.lv of the colony. 'lll-is would not be a'r.foi inatory. The speaker referral to tin- willingness of tile Maori boys lo work and lo conform to Ihe regulations as lo cleanliness, tidiness, and politeness, and further remurked H.at vvluii the boys returned to their own people they set an example of cleanliness and thrift in the kainga.s. An appeal was now being made to tlir Methodists or the colony to subscril<e £"i(XKI, and iHoOO was already in liamd for the erection of the IK-vv buil'dings, the present, ones being over fifty years old and in a state of disrepair. The address was interesting, and received close ulteittio'ii.