THE OTAGO EDUCATION PROTESTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 5

THE OTAGO EDUCATION PROTESTS.

,-'~'\ :>- ' ■■" "i 2 J T :a \P ot the Education-Board •,^Vi:v.;' : ''-'-;»<MV-'Mp.'-J:--CLiTlumi«)n,'--MiP.v'mov«d'-'- ': ■.? T i a t:ttj-board take no action with-re- .;.';.;.- ,-.;;, -~gard to the of. the Otago Board ,'-V .;■; protesting against 'the consistent-ignoring ■?;• ; and the exclusion of-mem- -•■;•■..'•; bOTa'from.'oohferenoesisuch'as that about •,; .- :;V,;;to:-be'-;-h^;.iaV>VeUiii^n."r;Mr.---Th«»i &.'-'■.-'Eon'a motion:also'contained an expression- '*■?■'■'-: '-',;;;°f; disapproval'.; of'the: Otago: resolution.' '.;.-. -;:,;. ;■ He;memboned that'.the:Otago Board had ;.; ,^:: frequently .raised;-:difficulties in' regard to ;.f ;': -':' . educational 'matters,. and ".he argued that };.■:;■ ~'.'• -the-.bbards were ,not- ( competent, to advise ; S; ; ;;:'.an/Tinatteis:on'. : which ■inspectors";were asked; to; give -their ..-opinion.;/; Such :mat>. purely; technical-'.nature.; ••;,;: r: •; He'did riot know .that''the' Department had H..-'>■'■ W.ever ignored'the Southland Board.;.':, /':;■"•;;^:':?'..Mi; : ,.'W.';M'AlisteT; seTOnded'the; motion '::;V;;: : ::;:Md;supr>ortedit. The conference, he said, ••':_:'■-ziVta. evidently .one. for. experts. '-:'.■■■,.; -.■•'■■••■'-'. Vi- ? : :u;?;Mr;.Gilchrist,considered thit?theOtago !,R.;':;; JBoardr was. altogether 'too:-faiU&nnffiii'g.V iS-:^' ; v;...'- v "'Mr;>:Ksher.;;'ch'aracterised.;the/..:o(Mgb '■?, :'■'.' ;;.;;; ; 'Board ; ;as; : being.something;in ;the nature [■ '■;; !;'■'■' of i'aiSooteh',terrier ajways.worrying someI; V?:':;': body; about,something.:'.;-;;;;;. f iiK: SfK Mr'.oCtbsby Smith jocosely stated that tW:ilMe:;tte. Otago 'Board was fiercely op: ''"'iqh SposedS-to centralisation;.: it:' appeared .to /<S:.;• vjwant;to have/the: Education Department :the ;Otago Education -Board. '.'■ Edu- : Jv^-'.tesfcibri Boards, he .said,'had recentlybeen fe '-^Sraiijohi-ihprecognition;:'in-.: respect ■'•. to.ad- :"? :V:'. : s:;Cvisory boards ; connected', with. training, ;'; . ,j ■i!-&i'<if • The motion; was unanimously'carried..'