SUPREME COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 656, 5 November 1909, Page 11

SUPREME COURT.

AN educational test case. „

- BOARD CITED. 1 ;, -jrheiKow• Zealand Educational Instituto made application yesterday, ■ under : tho Declaratory : v.Jtod&mauts Act, :lfioß ( ''for of a j*. fl'iMttOn. as to', .construction of' the Educs:Ti.v ■ •■., tion Act.': The-casu -was heard by Mr. Justice Cooiioi 1 . J L to the-Court as —'Wbiit arotho terms ns .to duration of $■.>■.-. ©mpioyniont- upor. ; t.-hicli 'this- Education Hoards .:#rtuby. law empowered to engapi teachers, and, ■ particularly, have Education Boards tho eight v v : oiVpdwoi toappoint teachers from year 'o ytor ouijr? -• , ■ - n. i. Mr.M><rfs appeared for tho Educational Instil .• ; ; tuto ■ Iplaintill),; and Mr. Skorrott, li.C., with : ■ himMrt : Buiiny," lor. Hid Marlborough .tiduai' ii tion Uoa:iL(d<!fondaTit). *• i l , ®rs,' following a' statement by William {• Fowerj .secretary fori the institute,' said that . :■ the! prdctice. of Education Boards, ■ .villi, the .■■■: Bdl® ,exception of Marlborough, had always ' .beeii.'tOiiflnßago teasers, without mention of ■.'■ / any 'dotinito term ei 1 . employment. luch en- ■: gaftemouta -wero. subject to quoh,',right on tho boards to dismiss }S;;had;fi'om time.to-time been set out in tho: ■ ' Education 'Acts.- 'Tho engagements'-were sub- • jectfalso,, to certain - rights and privileges .eon- ;- j fOtfed • 'upou : ■ tenchors "'since the Pubfr, jJO'.School v Teachers': ■: Incorporation and Court ot App«al Ac's of 1895 and •. - 1897—r-the . provisions of ." which - were > , .nOWiCoatiined in I'art VIII of the Edncation i-j i . Act, (Consolidated), ;I!)DB—came into forca. The | Mftriborpiißh Education Boards-had of recent .j->.-.'"'yea*aj.«mnaged > its teachers from ,year lo year 1 ,'andrwould mako; its- appointments only 1004: those. tep(ns; Letters from the secretary > oiv'thovKducatjon Board- to a teacher wero j . wdtded )ia foll(iw , .Jl have tai inform you that you, hovo •J v. beffn KppointH! v■: on; tho - Dourd's <. Uslial. .terms,(that is-to say, yrtur appoint- ' Vs: a. Wintais for diifl year only, but will !;e re-: '. nawM aniiually so lons as ynu-give satis- " v faction'to~lh»iT)oard: l\indlv:iHtoTO mo-a*-; -. , etvrly, ns possible, whether; you will iluccpt ■ thelappointment on these terms. ,V .. : to inforni you. that tho boitl'il has .. .renoilred jyour appointment , for .a further Wra'iil one jtou 1 if? was reserved to' Mr. Afyors to add the ■ nanioyof-a: teacher■ as plamtitt. ( ■ Counsel ex- • plainedy that ,it was- the individual teacher, ; lpore-.tnan the, institute, who daimod a rij;ht, i . but< ( -no£teachor had been joined,- because the : i ' choitejief .ally individual teacher/luisht-have : given-Tisoto trouble botweou that teacher and the boird. • ; contended ■ that • tho board Wl no > rightito.i appoint. Wacllers: for ia year - only, . - and} to .reappoint - year - to yearn s it thflught' fit " i . -.Ills' Jlononr: iln -a' senso,; that is -a. longer, ■: At''appointment"-than:,tire: .Statute itself- !, -l)eciausp.. , aiiy i.teacher can bo i r.dis- : subject to api • pealjsftltiis, pei\ilitr. iiThero itf :an .. absolutn. Tightrfto-. disimsn ?a , teacher at the, expitatiop ; : . :pf jthrcft;:monthil'- notice'uv .tho principal part ; ftf i tnerAct.i..TbAtvrißlit Is qualifißd■ iti a later . poTt- of;, the that a teacher ' may : appeal ■ misconduct is:proTed,v ■ or,.iJpiloss > froin*elUtiency :or economy, ; .it is.de-- ■ . iiirablo .to dispejisd livith his services.* or unless - I 'Mjora:-Until,»lS9s,'.thP: :Ednc.ition -Board > >i ; ,.f lladi sVI /abSolnter-fißht. to (lisiiiiss i '»t. threp lIIOMIIS' notice * >;. i His,'.Honouri : -Tho-correlative jißht is for a ' 1 ' e }K iftr j t.O"- r etire. on .one-month's notice..o •: - !; s'feibflTS'V -The/.yearly,'.-appointmtnt-is : not - : ah appointment' - or aae/year. t . 'His.Honour It is not apnuntmeht from < JifAf/1* year? / t - Mr.' Myers: No, y.snr. TTonMir, it is net a . as there is a -super-: ;: Mnilatien fund, .to ffhieli: teacheVs ronm.:.".tnbptOr- teachers have fause fer wrtipJnint, lot iijily.i,touchers permanently omployeil 1 may : contribute i; Hir Tlonoiir; IVono. of - them are boi(nd to. ' contribute? ■ MyersNo, i but if.; the'. ; Marlboronijh--employs life teae.hers for ono vear^only. .j, • thm;art:-not,enhtl«d\ttor.'canti;U«it4 6 His Hono'ir There is no definition in the ; r Act: of - What. permanent jpmployment is, , ' -.Sffif'.- iMapirfj/ No. rn«ain>mo<it?fo» #.yeat la Hat nerminont cmplr"-tnei\t Mt f.Verrett I cay it Mr Afvers continued tint the Marlborough v : Bnatd b Appointments -{enn)pr<ied'nut(v!atically' ; - atvthe end of.eaoh ywr.i. When:an-Education' i Board'purported 'to emjo^S 1 teachers for pj)6 year, th,e statas.ol teachers -is, left in doubt, v thin^'.for- the-eflioiency > of sobOo]s. ■ .Cohnpcl urped ■ that the .Lepslnturn had! provided "-that they should .hire 1 fixed i status, and know their nqhts If n lviard . ;cduld^:appoint" - of- •' f-fl f^a^year,^Section tho A6t "of? ');. I 1 6 Wered: ( :ri'u^tory.: : AThat';'seiition -l&'-'iiiaij- ! "MOW and not directory, and oonld not lie |-avoided - either-by .teacher or 'board. Tie thdujht that the, qdeftion -''subniittcd for de- /; :• oifiqii -,shoD!d b#. Msirered as rojlons:--Tli.if . S5- gave 'a'-afatnS Rnd. a pcrmanejlry of , employment, Slid that the board had not lh« v. a PPJ^®¥i.-.to -.appoirit-for'A .yeaf, and i/orijlOt jfeneir 'fromvyeaf to- - it v Mr. Skeriett said that it raipt t be desirable that fteaohers saonld -have ,-n--pernmttency vof if employment, a,.deiinite-; status,',but iho''nii«-' tjon wns whether tho statute had =aid that they should it , I , , After afgumcnt as to tho low, the Courl ivservfd its ikfiaon , 'interpretation or a policy. Judgment si« given by Mr. jjihre Cooper yesterday in the Bando ease of Dr W.l'iani i Young vershs tlic N'w Zealand Insurance Com- : i'• i J ,] kappMred - for, blamtiff, and Mr. Blair for defendant r^ a s.:'{?^^W.''.i , ite'rprctati'6n'. : '' ofetn| conditions;endorsed On a policy issued by the defendant cpmpany. A house owned bj '..•iplvptiff-r.jn, Kent-.lerraoojhad been-destroyed j-;- ' i fi? 6 . «st 1 rtit, a iid dfiendiiits' dis-. "■7-;--iPHted,tte^ttT i iouttt/of: f 'tl»o'.lo&»..?.'.Oii : «,of, the don-' ■/ "(-:!ditioiss.-. endorsed. pilicy- was that the company might rt.qmre the person tn ;for ;the : ..., ■ }»lrj)oso.of determining tho cost-ol reii;statijig 'iWrf W' ««npa«y t should elect to reinstate, 311utead Of, nayiDf. tho morcy.' In this ca c <; tho mtiaicipai ■ by-laws, forbade thd,rtsinstatonieiit of ': y y, except ;in bnck. und plaintiff contended .that. the..company, l uuder these -circuni«tj.ni!es, were not en-titled to, call un him to , (lUDply plans 'His Honour decided that, if tho company i o<luired tho assured perton to do so, he must ; . t'.t:hid own, expense, furniyli: the company with ' ■ plans, speciiwations, mcasiirenviSiiU, quail" . - titieai;and suoh- other, as the compi«y might require for tho purpose of ascertaining wh.it would have been the cost of iO- - tepMr.of thd buildiiif! injured, v . hidtthe munioipal'by-laws not forbiudm 'such i;; ;:raifistatenwnt or; repair. 'i .... ulJiiflh i party .-TsaS ordered to pay -its owu ;••• :: -v V'-* v '^. : V .-/-..V'-.' ■'='•••- 'i ;'J • if V; IEIirUSM. TO REGISTER A MORTGAGE ;Sitd ( Sg m Banco yesterday, Mr. Justice Chapraanf lieitrd tho tase of Utum «nd other, >. tlib' District Land ltegistial- at Wellinglon, a - . Milnmo'ns callihg upon th« Koj,'islrar lo Uphold the,'grounds of his refusal 10-ieHislei- n mortgage. | jMh M. Luckio appeared for phintifTs ud Mr M Chapman, KC, tor tho defmdant riMclai f ■ ~,'ilrWimint was heard as to-'tho correctness pfJtho position taken by tin District land Registrar; ,who -bad contended that- lh6 : land afleowil by the mortgage;waß Maori land,.and .-.'tbero.'Wfcro more than two owners. He B-iid, ' iiliuiiv'that ,ono'of . the'lrtortKaßdrs : Was'trustee foi an infant Owner, JiAvitij? -beon appointed Dilder tho Maori; Real Estato Ma'aagera«at Aotsj . Tlle"-lahd ■. was.„!4Ubjflc.t;-to WsWietiiiAs; agaiiist allenatioi): "lilalienable, .eieciit with 'the conBont. of the IGovernor., bjj'ijlo, mortgage,' or • IcsaMu/ for ft .longer ''penodWili '21 -itbxk'". TH< Oov.orno/, lie ilnrthor contehded, had not con-\'6<icte<l..-to tho mortgage,. . -Bv order of tho Gijyuruor-iu-Counoil, dated July:, 16 last, the , ' OiKtriwr purporled lo removo. the restrictions . '. sujfilr 'as to' pe>iiiit:'t)io, land; lo'.be Inortgaged to !| a lending Doimrtiiient of tho OoYcrnraeni. Th^main grounds,of the refusal of tk6 Registrar, were •. That tho .((overnor was : not auIhoi'iW to , partially .roiuovo any restriction; that' iho conditions relating 10-execution imposed by .Sw:(vOn„;li!> ,of 'the i.Act. of • 191)0, :as .raliioudeU'by- Section 6 <if r Act 42, 1901,; not hav- : bi-'eii.. compHcd' tvU| V: -the : was I b«>!til WyriiiVrf}«!)::.thaß n/'tfu|tefl;, : ,unuof'jthe MfinH - llial -vKutate .■ SI ail ranwut Aots had:no i power- itu. luortpgo;/ aS t that Section 45 of I ; . ttii.-lIIIW Aot- had;ieuJoM invalid cither,aliena- l : tioi., or 'charge, Except j B provided by that A«L ' , 7 I 'Jiidtfinont Was reserved. _ f ! KCOPI) OF Till! OAMINO ACT, An application'.|yaii .made-by the :New,.Zea-1 (and Times:Compa/iy; Limited, i 1. noon', before M,r.',J HDticiM Cooper,- for; an order, nnd-cr tho 'Utclaratory. .1 tuitiont* Act, •;deter-1 mining thu (jusstion wnelher a scheme of; dis-1 : 0 : of pr^es,.'could, bej 'lawfully : carried

out by the company The plaintiff comp.an* claimed that the scheme nas not piohibitcd uv tho Gamin? \ct, 100S Mr. Skerrttt. KC, with him Mr Dalziell, appeared foi the plaintiff compaiij, and Air Aljers (Clown Solicitor) foi the Commissioner of Police, who was joircd as defendant. ills Honour rewncd judgment