RAILWAY CONCESSIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 643, 21 October 1909, Page 7

RAILWAY CONCESSIONS.

(By Toleffrnph—Press Association.) ! . ' Dunedin, October 20. ■At a mfeting of the Education Board, to-dv the question ,of the withdrawal of the rail 'way, concessions hitherto granted. to . teacher: waii discussed." Mr* Scott moved'. "That ihii boahl Strongly 'frotesta against the Depart merit's action'in. depriving country teacherj o: facilities (or attending classes by. stopping thi issuft of railway passes." Mr. Mitchell said ac cofditig t"i reliable information that had beei Supplied him the system . had boea muct abused; . Passes granted ostensibly to teacher to enable them to attend training.daises ever; Saturday'in the principal centres were used b; boW6 merely for purroses of a refulir week end trip into town, which was Contrary to th spirit of . the regulations. H6 thought tha regulations should b6 passed enabling the boan to control the issue of passes and see ; tha teachers used them as it .WM intended the; should be used. The chairman, whil» agreeini that thefe had been &bus4si said he -thought th. action proposed somewhat too drastic. Man; teachers had used the tickeU properlr, and at tended •th 6 classes regularly,, ana it was no fair that these shouldV punished. The boar, should respectfully submit to the Minister tha it should be allowed to exercise its own' dii oration in th& matter of issuing tickets. Tin motion was unanimously carried.