Technical Education.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 August 1938, Page 4

Technical Education.

“There is no necessity for anyone to apologise for sending a boy or girl to a technical high school,” said Dr D. E. Hansen, principal of the Christchurch Technical College, in an address recently. The New Zealand type of technical school was now well established, he said. He quoted a remark by Dr I. L. Kandel, of Columbia University, New York, to the effect that the New Zealand technical high school was one of the most interesting educational developments he had seen. Conversion of Scow.

After lying in Rotten Row for many years, the old Auckland scow Echo has now been given a new lease of life. At present she is hauled up on the slipway of C. Bailey and Son, Limited, being converted into a barge. It has been found that her long idleness has seriously deteriorated much of her woodwork, and many new timbers are being put into her hull and sides. When finished she will be put into use carrying shingle for McCallum Brothers, Limited, to Auckland from the gulf. A Man of Mary Parts.

During his 98 years Mr James Joseph Cooper, of Arthur Street, Onehunga, has played many parts, (says the Auckland “Star”). Born in Norfolk in 1840. he went to sea at the age of 13 years, and in 1863 came to New Zealand in the ship Ironsides. Landing in Auckland, he trudged to Mercer, where he volunteered for active service. Later he obtained his discharge and joined his brother in the gold rush in Otago. He did well on the Arrow and Molyneux Rivers, and in 1867 joined in the rush to the West Coast, but with indifferent success. Taking up land at Pakuranga, Mr Cooper ' farmed for many years, coming to Onehunga in 1903, and living there in his latter years with one of his daughters.