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work is carried on by the Authority till the end of the second year, on 
the successful completion of which the pupils join the third-year classes 
carried on in the Technical College. "There has been a steady extension 
in the number and diversity of the classes offered in the schools, and 
every call for cultural education as well as every desire for technical 
instruction has been met, so far as the demand for these has justified 
action being taken. Classes in economics, public finance, public 
administration, organisation of industry, motor maintenance, wireless 
theory, general salesmanship, window-dressing and gardening, and 
courses for butchers, paper-makers, motor engineers, confectioners and 
bakers are among the many additions to the evening classes scheme within 
recent years. On the completion in 1924 of the system of intermediate 
schools for post-primary pupils, it was considered that these were the 
appropriate centres in which to conduct the evening classes for the 
respective districts. Such an arrangement enabled the instruction 
provided in the evening schools to be carried out as far as possible under 
the same conditions in respect of environment, syllabus and teachers 
as obtained in the day school, thus admitting of the very closest continuity 
between the two sections of the pupils’ school life. In addition to these 
arrangements special classes of a varied nature are conducted in other 
city schools. A very close connection has been developed between the 
evening classes and industry, as evidenced by the setting up of advisory 
committees for various trades and occupations. These committees 
consist of equal numbers of employers and operatives, and are intended 
to advise on curricula, to visit classes, to make recommendations for the 
appointment of teachers of practical subjects, and generally to represent 
the various industries in the management of the classes. At present 
there are sixteen such committees acting in the direction indicated. An 
official was appointed by the School Board in 1912 to take charge of 
this department of their activities. The present organiser, who provides 
the necessary link between the Education Authority and the Ministry of 
Labour with regard to the placing of juveniles in suitable employment, 
is also in charge of an Appointments Bureau which deals with secondary 
school pupils and employment. ‘The enrolment at classes carried on 
by the Education Authority in session 1933-34 was 7,566; at the 
classes held in the Technical College there were in attendance 942 students. 
In this short sketch it has not been found possible to present more 
than an outline of some local educational activities, with a few historical 
notes. It is to be hoped that the article will prove of sufficient interest to 
some readers to encourage them to make inquiry for fuller information. 
