TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 2

TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION.

'.■■;' Sir ',— TTeacbers. in. ;J geh'erai' r afis/;s: p , ioheera; ■; ••',■■■;:;.'. .teachers'.in; partiquliVr'are greatly, indebted ••■i•';';;'. ;to : !'your ■ coitespoudeht ,^ for his' letter of:;sßrd.;.^liim<>,'KreisinigrqweKV i -*':'Cv-'-,. : '^ , ti<)^s:.re .superannuation;(part]6ularly;compu4; : ; ■:■ w. -';■■'.';. tation. of:' service.;,prior'.to .'lß7B), : :ind : 'still) ■'''.■:,:-, ■;' I more'to. your. correspondpnt,,''Soerate'6;-'.\whfl'■;;'■:;'. ;■'. : ; : i gave 'such -a;.; lucid , and, .'ex*;'"':.. A ;•■.: j planation of.the'working-of ; the /SilV.'. v'; V-'/.■;. ; .: ■"''.■■■■; '"■-':l'agree'\viili ."Orieihiil Mernbei ,,, that the;.- ~; : v 1 Institute ; - has ,giveri; soajii-attelition.. to. ; thd,:> >V " 1 plaims of pioneer'•ttacheWj'i'.as regards com- ;.. ■ ■ :■;../: putation; of.l'seryice'. - Foreign ."service- .both' : V . .'•.'. as pupil teachers' and;.'adtilt toacher> Mtilita■::.'.-. ;■■ as..part of thei ■■■.required';forty years, ■•; •.- : : , ■-, x-y-j; teacher,. service -}■ witliih' y the.; - Dpminioh: ; ;: .- ;;„ l^; « counts - : in -'VcompiitiriK ;\ ! retiring ; ;-; :^ ; '.aricy:r'Aisurely,' ;, -';ihererore^^^^^ of ;■ the .-pioneers:whp- organised; ■', th;<K jjys- 5 V"; ;{ ! '-;M steins whenever' 1 rendered aiin ; wher6veriTeri-i' ';'■:; ;?;iV:vi Zealand ■puting ; :retiring flllovfatide; ;■■•;::.■-j ben; remiss m ; not; pfssirig- this-^question;;■;■!••;;• j': : 1 but JV.am sUrelthat if proporly ■reprtsaniedi~- ; ■■:.' ::-; ■■ j tlie, v llinis{er,will:at.-price : 'adniifc^~'.t^e_■: justice\'*', ;;.' ( of-the''claim..- '.-'.■• : ---- ; ':'" \Kr'-~, ■' -I , !- - - '■■■'■ :.'-j '•' '■;'•■"■ • :.the: ivritcr ;be^an'. '.teaching; ie { ari-'aQult;-; , .;'?:;,-:: ■■ 3?. in 187O. ;i "'•.If.'.rtiirinR.altewanoe is com-.-v.;■'■:'] pUted'only from; 1878j : ,''heyloses'ei§^t,years^;^?^ : of :: service; of' such; strenuous : :service;^.(theSvs!tf-i'i laie Mr. v Haberis .«se;d;;this '.t«rm -iriVprigvof ; '■!'■.■'■','-■:-:: his l'otiorts) as'is: ineidfilital .to the p'tganißi; ::'■::- :'£! ing of a system; of education;. '■■ Such''men , as. r ■:-;.■! tlio -:Hbn. ; '. C.' C.. Bovven ;;will :remembbr.;;;;tie v J ; - '■- V ; i difficulties ' that '■•';'-■■-' ; ■■■"■'■'■'''•■! argue 'that the.■sservicey.was' ;;t :: -'! wouldbe;unworthy'..the; ! dignity :pf^ourine\vVv : vftitle— There ; arei hot.- many &, pfjv ; ; ■■ •• i'J thesi pioneers left,arid .it V-oiili) ;bp. a. .'.'-:.-.■ ful act of, the Departrfteftt to ; reedgnisp their ";■;■'■,'■ S:' W| long; service by'. coiiocdirig-.this, '.■ point, , --'-. j.e'.y'<:•'■;-- : ':;!■''j that iii 'pre- ; v . i viilcial. service (serrico prior .to 1678) Bhan , ; ■■' '■';. ..." i count'..-. What.'does this;-niean but that.'ser-■■*:■,■■)'.; vice" done ; for -Now i. Zealand's .\real-'shall ;, ■ ■ . ' .■•■ count?—laiii, <jto., v . v; V;- .:_-;■;- ;-;-;> s -:-y -J: Ji'-h-ii' -y '\ \'^ : ' : : ■) ;;: ■)■ ; ' ■ -PIONEER - - :-i February 6. V. :■'—/.■ :': .■■•.■ : ;.'-';^,: : /.-;y;v»-.:.v-. - ; v