THE CASE OF DETECTIVE QUIRKE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 465, 25 March 1909, Page 6

THE CASE OF DETECTIVE QUIRKE

[bi Tr.r.EOUArn—srKCiAi. conßr.sronnKNT.l Palmerston North, March 24. Yesterday a wire was sent by Mr. D. Buick, M.P., to tho Minister for Justice, protesting against the removal of Detective Quirko from Palmerston. Last evening Mr. Buick received a reply from Dr. Findlay stating that inquiries wero bojng mado, and full consideration would lie given to tho representations. To-day the petitions against Detective Quirke's removal are being freely signed-

headmasters, who were charged with the control and efficient working of the schools. If the headmasters said that there was too much drill, the board certainly ought to give some heed to cheir objections. He wished to make that clear, and having done that, he .would say that he heartily approved of the cadet movement. (Hear, hear.) The Te Aro School Committee had said that the camps lasted too long, and interfered with the material work of the school. If that were so, he did not approve; it was right and proper that tho material work of the school should be safeguarded. Mr. Allan did not think that anyone could gainsay Captain M'Donald's arguments in favour of the cadet movement generally. Tho headmasters, however, should know what was best. Were tho camps compulsory?

"A Reflection on the Headmasters." Captain M'Donald: No. Mr.' Allan, continuing, thought that the whole question should bo reviewed by the Minister. If the cadet movement was to be carried out in its entirety, camps should be held. Yet they should certainly listen to the headmasters' objections, which were raised in the best interests of the pupils. Captain M'Donald's motion seemed to him to reflect upon the headmasters. ' Captain M'Donald: Not at all. Mr. Allan: I think so. Captain M'Donald: We are only backing up our previous action. Mr. Allan: Our previous action may have been wrong. I do not oppose the camp. .From the experience of the Boys' Institute, I can testify to the va|ue of such military instruction as a medium of discipline. Mr. Aitlcon at this stage suggested a. conference between the board and the headmasters. Would it be competent for them to do that? Mr. Lee: Quite competent. Captain M'Donald objected. • It would create a deadlock, he said. Mr. Allan: There is already a deadlock. Mr. Leo said that thoro was a good deal to be said on the matter Ho hardly thought that the headmasters wero opposed to the movement, but ho had been somewhat astonished at tho line of action they'had recently taken. They complained that they had been called out too often. Mr. Aitken: Dominion Day was too long altogether. Captain M'Donald: They have been called out once a year during the last three years. Displays Supported. Mr. Lee, continuing, said that tho men who had actually to do tho work had asked for the camp. He could not see how the headmasters could justify, themsolvcs. Tho