UNEMPLOYED BOYS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 49, 28 January 1932, Page 7

UNEMPLOYED BOYS.

SUCCESS OF TRAINING CAMP. Per Press Association. . MASTERTON, Jan. 27. “The Minister of Education is keenly interested in the experiment and is considering what , can be done to give it permanency,” stated Mr- T. B 7 Strong, Director of Education, after an official visit to the agricultural training and holiday camp for unemployed hoys at Penrose this morning. He was accompanied by the Director of Technical Education, Mr W. F. La Trobe, and the chief inspector of schools. The party made a detailed inspection of the site and expressed complete satisfaction at the general outlay. Mr Strong addressed the boys oW the principles of good citizen•hip. . In the afternoon a visit was paid by Mr B. Teagle, president, and four other members of the 'Wellington Rotary Club, Mr C. J. Reakes, Director of Agriculture, Mr J. I. Goldsmith, chairman of the Wellington Unemployment "Committee, and <lrs McVicar, of -the Wellington Charitable Aid Board. Messrs Reakes and Teagle addressed the lads, expressing appreciation at the progress • in their agricultural training and-at the good response to discipline. The highest ■ expectations of the camp had hoon fulfilled.* stated Mr Greenberg,, -camp commandant, to the party. The camp authorities, he added, were anxious to place a,t least 63 of the boys,,Who had good experience at milking, . fencing and handling stock. He made an earnest appeal to farmers in Wairarana and. other districts to do all they possibly could to employ the boys.