TEACHERS' APPEAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 292, 3 September 1908, Page 11

TEACHERS' APPEAL.

| ' _ ; THE KIRITAKI CA&6. . The. following is the- full judgment in the caso , of -W. D. M'Clufe, y. .the > Hawka's Board, ail atipeal against ~allecedr'dismissal from the .-Kiritaki' School. Tttoj j.udgmgiitiwas read by Mr. Riddell, SIM., were Messrs. M'Lean (b'Q&i&a: assessor) ■ and White .(teachers' - assessor). " ' , ' ■ 'Th6> appellant, William:. David .M'Clure, bding. ..the .;.teacnßr,. of the N ; Kiritaki public school;■■■;received certain - notices from the Haiyke'sßay , Education Board, whichafflbunted .jto ft notification- thai the board .to 1 remove .or transfer him to Being dissatisfied with thiis' he gave notice-of appeal upon^i ; ttfoV grounds,; the. fii'st -of which ! Bmpunted_ : |b an.allegation of wrongful diari the . second of/ which , amounted. that no proper or regular,. noticj-'.of;.4isinissal had been given, and that if; given, had been waived.grbffids being inconsistent, the Court requested; the' appellant's .representative to ißtatg^whether'he-would rely -on the, ground of solely or on tho! second! ground ofitlje' appeal. Ho..elected'to rely on'tho • '^vrongfttl.'dismis'sal alone.; In. the p^udjusiorif,at which the Court has arrived it has Men fdufid unnecessary tOigive apy; finding as to whether a decision by : the.;ieSJ)ondenfc ftpard to transfer .or rem6vb.^i>.teacher -from one .school; to another amounts dismissal. The appellant's repreSqhtatiye having-presented the case as oneiof wrongful.dismissal,. the Court has considered :thea,ction of the board : ih that view, .having /heard Mr. ..Fosterj' as rethe and having ■ heard theieviderice of a large number.of witnesses callcdj-by ;!tho appellant,; finds that the determination! by, the .board of his engagement ' as.(tSacfier ; of tho'Kiritaki ; public school was reSsqiiable,;,having .regard, to the efficient administratibn of. the board's affairs, and also haying regard to the relations whjch existed ' between,-.;him and: his; assistants, and be-" twebii Jlim'and his committee. The appeal is' dismissed, with costs. resnnnrUnt board £U- ; SS. Id.;. appellant £8 Cs. Bd., Court costs; £2 15s. ■