THE PREMIER IN THE SOUTH.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7969, 21 February 1906, Page 5

THE PREMIER IN THE SOUTH.

A SPEECH AT ASHBURTON. AHBURTON, February 20. At the oeremony of the opening of tbe new High Sobool the Premier said that in 1891 £366.250 had been spent in tbe colony on- education, while in 1904 £5h0,774, an increase of £224,524. There bad been a steady increase in the expenditure, on educatcn for the three years during--1903-4-5. The total expenditure had baen £1,998,342. Parliament always cheerfully voted money for eduoational purposes. Eduoation was the one questiou on which there was no party feeing. He thought tbe colony should train its own veterinary surgeons and dairy experts instead of importing them. He would like to see schools of agriculture etablisbed in country districts, so that the sons of farmers might be able to test the soils, and say what they were beat fitted to produce. Referring to the cadet movement, the Premier said that the Home authorities were enquiring with a view of establishing the system. He was confident that as soon as the Mother Country took uo the cadet movement no more would be beard of conscription. He would give every oadet oorps in tbe coluny the chance of an annual camp.