EDUCATION BILL

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2209, 23 July 1914, Page 8

EDUCATION BILL

•V TAEiNAKI .BOARD'S PROTEST, ' . (By^Telesraji.—Prese Aes'oclation.j ;';,.' '•■■' -v; : New' Plymouth); July 22.. : 'At.the'meetihg. of. the Taranaki ;Edii- . proposal in: the; ' to "eliminate : the Taranaki . 'Education District and centre the control in.Wangaiiui was discussed, and the ~ -opinion.expressed-that in the interest's ■'. ■'■of- education there must be a- Taranaki' Bistrict.6' A resolution, was : passedi emphatically .■protesting .-against'; . the proposal,, and urging i that it',would;: 'be.; against the.,host.interestsof,'.«|duca-J \- ,tioii as a whole; andiii.'Taranaki'.in.paf-.] '; ticular ! ;. ; that the. boardi-is-:of opinion;i ''that for the 'efficient, management of .-•'Buch an important districtasiTaranaki, "containing .large areas ,of : clqso settle-.! -■ |'stiU'"lar'ger' < arbas;;vv r here-' set- :- .tlenierit.is. widely'''scattered-: 1 it •;is' : esseh-' tial that''tn'ei-e should ,be ; . a, board)-'the' members of whic^.would,be.iii'touch'and ■ have a knowledge of all' parts;; of: .the Sistricfc';';and*■.that; the.; board ;further, urges.'-ffiati-the/interests of; editca/tidnivould bo~bettef ■ served -by-the-.re'tehtion. ■ of the Taranaki.Board, and the inclusion ;in its iurisdic.tion..bf:the : whole' of the; :■■ Taranaki.Provinco.and' tlib';' southorri : .-jportion-bf the'present Aiicklahd district) .extending along the coast'as far as Baglam' ahdihlarid'to Td'Kuiti.- It was • 'decided to request the-Education Com:mittee to hear'evidence from tile board . :, on th<\:. subject!...;..... ... . : The SchM.Committees'a're.arranging ' to hold meetings ; in'-prdtest,'and public .'.meetings on the .subject have'-been call...ed in various .parts".of'the district. TEACHERS ANDITHE Bl(X. ; .'• resol'-otions.' .'-, _ _ CBi Telcaraii.— Association.)" •-,.';' 'vS;,/.D,uhedin,):July, 22; ! A' special,- ; meeting.;. pf.;.the- ,'Dunedin •''■' Male Assistan^'y-Association-.vw'aS'.leld. .on Tuesday?-toYcorisider, tho.'.'scheme of. 3alarieS'Mil"the"neW Education-Bill) and: ' it was unanimously resolved-': "That thismeeting of 'TJuhedui-Male"'• Assistants'.- .' ,Associatibff,Ctlia'hks- l 'J]a,v .Allen 'fori the ■;. Educa'tioii'Bill;' ami while admitting 'that: it .as an iraprovementypii. v ttio' present ■""Act, it -Irishes respectfully -to; draw-/his< ; •,attentiqiv.to"'trie~ ? fact that.'glnrin'g aiiom- ';.!-• alies exist,-and'must exist, in' the' pro-, '■-. posed so, lorig;as.average' attendance forms v tho-basisipr-payment"; '.'and hence tlus'assbciation reaffirms the principle that.; any .satisfactory V must be 'based'- on ■ ser- .'''■ vice."_ - ; .' -v ' ':"■ ! A special''nieetirig" was' appointed to consider the various anomalies,contained in the Bill, and to. report to;.'a meeting to be heldvon Fridayv,^ ■>*. tj ;■■-.--'i[ '*•' At a representatlve.!meetihg* of women : teachers, it resolved tlioit aV'resolu- ■ tion be fonvarded to tho_ : Minister-of Education approving of his action in making provision in the'; Bill for j;he ap-. pointment.of ~wom<?ii,inspectpi'S' and four . women to the'. Advisory •C?quncil!qf /Education, andHhanking-'him for'the'interest thus shown-an-blTe"educational wel- '.': fare of girls', ." *]<■ '";■-