WOOL CLASSES FOR MASTERTON.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3141, 19 March 1909, Page 5

WOOL CLASSES FOR MASTERTON.

INTERESTING CONFERENCE ON THE MATTER. A conference between the Mana- : gers of the Technical School and a . special committee of the A. and P. Associaion, was held yesterday afternoon, to discuss the question of wool classes at the Technical School. " There were present—Messrs W. Perrv (chairman), G. C. Summere!!, E. Harper and G. R. Sykes, representing the A. and P. Association, and E. Feist, W. H. Jackson, E. H. Waddington, Rev. Dean McKenna and N. D. Bunting, Managers of the Technical School. Mr Jackson explained that the ob- . ject of the Managers coming to the A. and P. Association was more for the purpose of obtaining financial assistance than any other support. \ He was quite aware that the state of the Association's funds would not permit of that body making a grant, but he wished to enlist the support of the members, who, he felt sure, would recognise the benefits to the farming community generally, to be derived from the establishment of wool classes. The Managers proposed to make a charge of £1 per pupil per quarter, and the amount they hoped to obtain through the assistance of the A. and P. Association was £25, which with the Government subsidy on a pound for pound basis would give the amount necessary to equip the classes. The Managers had in view a very competent man as instructor for the classes, whom they hoped shortly to appoint. V The Chairman said th<vy were quite • aware that the finances of the Association would not permit of a grant being made out of its funds, but he felt confident that the members would recognise the value of the classes, and subscribe the amount required, as well as canvass for pupils. The committee were very enthusiastic in regard to the classes, and would do all in their power to .further the interests of such. -"'Mr Jackson said that the difficulty of obtaining a sufficient number of pupils would no longer remain after the appointment of the instructor. He would like the members of the Association to assist the classes by giving fleeces for demon- , stration purposes. Mr Harper said that he would supply 40 or 50 unskirted fleeces and the Chairman said he did not anticipate any difficulty in getting an k occasional bale for the classes, alt. though the bulk of the wool was now - shipped. The Chairman intimated that he would lay the matter before the next general meeting of the Association and the meeting then adjourned.