FORTY YEARS' SERVICE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2135, 29 April 1914, Page 7

FORTY YEARS' SERVICE

ME B. LEE RETIRING

EDUCATION BOARD TRI&UT£S«

, Mwcitilwii of tho good work don* «.v Air. Robert Lro in the cause, af -d-i----«V"|» ivas voiced % im-taliers of *lio VlffHiiwton Kdnraliou JJoant.'at the H.mjl.iily iJi«!ting. > ve S .ter<lav aflcmcisn. iJunng tkp j)n>gress of" tiro moetinft, |Ji'. I-cw. who has Iwen cfeiraan ©f tiro i)«ii«l tor Koim, past, iujuetiiiced that he would sLiortiy I JO m .p. r j Mfi hie (■BjiMwtioii with it. It was l,i ß intention 1o lwivo lor iStigknd by 1:1 m Tongawo asemabo end«rt- May, and h e would Ire. titan for wmifi coimd-waMa Lime. th> had iiow i«n 40 jTta in t!« 5 ew ice ft r tho 6oard~2*J ,vea*» as an oificer atid 12 ,voars as a iMmUcr— an.<l while k> nKrettwf t!«> break'that would kuo'u/ come, In- thought tkat the present would i«e a Smtaole tiiao to j'otiM. ]J 0 p * o . posed to nsk for Icavo of absence unt.it tlm end of Jnlv, iho dose ©f tho pcrioJ »oi- wJiirh Jin had b CW i ofcsted, a-nd-lio wpqltl loai'o Id's resjgnniioii in ths hands el tho sectary,.to t«ko*u"fl«t from tiiat rtate, Jio Imrt been jn the. lutbit of fflal> ing. tours .of tk<! schools in Uso district, fliifl iio Ironed'l'll id his Biicooss-oi- >vou3d tontinno to do liltwise, as .ifsivsijpßcssiirv timt thn fil/aii-man <i the boVni shotlM be iii fanioli witli n-h a |. was geiti.-' «!!._ In a tour of thirteen soliso-fs ft-J-iicli lie Ji.ia j-Hsi completed, Jie fosind ovrrw thinU ju good outer. TJiey-had n stiisf , Micfl was ivfirkiiig well in tlio interests m the board, and, ujKjo'ubtedlVi .it ft-ftoe) deal of Hi© that hail fceu vwi* ivas djio t<3 .thecal of tlio offl.oor.s-, M to_ tho «f«tem., it sy-as hvm tlw Kuwergiirteh to ' tlio TJak-tf-rsity, anil ho thought that they diotild Imiii; o.a to , tjieir free, s.eowlur, snet poiiifralson* edn- . catiwi. Spoafehvg rfiiis own persons! ■ aOrrte, ho reiiiirrkad that matty pcofiiu i woi-o under a iwis.aioprelicn.sioa iii re.fta«l ; i.<y the, ftositio.it wJrieSi : tio ocacupfeij, av.A ■ telicvett tjjflt lie was in rteeipt of n . sslary. Bioy jiad bcni on . heftrkig ftat this was nevt tjie case. As , a matter of fact h:o vra.s. not oven mi ; superftnimatioii. Ho was pi o.pinton tjuib i m :l)ad been left aut ef that atker * unkindly, for supcfaumiawon had ccnilo ■ into .force- just after lie was ent of ofli«t>, .: All that he get iii his .position of dwiiii man was the little amount of travelling j expenses allow*:!. i j Sir Walter Buchanan, ns the oldest ; member of the- tio-ard. present, l cxpmKJswl . keen regret at tlio'faDt that tlio ultiiirnidii wslis a.botrt to rfttifo, T)ie sjicaker recalled the- iint.e wlton, as an fespcotar, the irmho :of Mr: Ii!?? ■im a touscllpld word ajuoiig tlie pflapJc *f tlie cdncatioii district. Sii- Walter Buchanan lilEo praised tlift good work tiono by Mα , . tec as member and cliiii.nnai.t e'i the board. With him tile Work 3iad al«'i}j - s !iee« a lalinitf of love, a.itf] ljjc kuosvlftlgo of tlift fesjooct in wliioh ho was liekl by 'the ninny young people, «iio hiul passed thiwigli Ins hands, must be gratifying ieJiiiM, whilo it linist also ha a- -pro Hit rcfleetittji to know lww well awato itwy all woi'i} of tlie goad iwrk floiio by lii.ijt (Mr. "Lee) tliroisglj. aH those years... '*!'. Am nittl.y voicing publio opiftioii," sniti Sir Walter Buclianiin, I voice tllm regrot- wJliieh wo ; fco-l fli yottr severing your Ottinjection with tiio bonrd." Fii':slly, tire sweater hoped that ttey wwM $6e tiieir cliaifnian. .pwscitt iit ■the »oxt itveeting in order that lie- might be tte reci|)fe«t of something which lio niight retain as a nwmeirto. Air, A. W. Hn.gg ivildarswl all 'that hud boon said by the previous speaker, »itd referred pftt'ttcnlai-ly to tho rclijttens ihat Iwd exiiiteS betweofl tlrcti* tlia.ir.nunt ami the teachers. Mr.. Lee had rendered vahiablo services in th.e catwse of odiil- - cation, a.iul had kept not merely abrfiafct. ; of the times, but g-uiertilly ahead o£ ■tlions. Mr. W. Ai).ini made sttccial iftontuin nf Mr. Lee's efforts in placing Hio ftßsJrccS of the boarfl' on a- sounder foowiip:. Messrs. W. H. Field, H, Frwmaii, J. Kebbc-M, antl T. Moss nlso added thtfr tj'ih tiles. Mr. Lw. m reply, thank'd .mcrobeTii. * for ttam- kbil which he -Mil wens Bojyotliiijg te hare woA'cd tor.