EDUCATION INSTITUTE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2414, 20 March 1915, Page 9

EDUCATION INSTITUTE

WELLINGTON BRANCH MEETING^J i Institute, was' %eld - last ..night' the'-.. J Boai ; d'. r'M'r 0 J- :f.iii»Tork>preafea^Ba: jj» I tendance-was-wdryilarge: &>.£ : Edtroa6dn-;>B^a"^ J Tr ot'o that -jii rcs'poDEQ;;to "a_xertiiest>' '. from the- institute-.-the board-'had agreedr ■' the' ! amount" "payable"'to"~any lifTiffsifoito' company, by-way of .-premium; provided; " that -tlief amount '-Was ; - 'deducted : -' 'ditev~ : month. - — - W Th ™ P ? r m ?:: M j? i .star (the BifiHt 'Hon: W,v Jv-Massey) ; wrote iharibmgv... the membem-. iheir donations "of -£S9' .- 18s. 6d. and £20 6s:. towards ihe"Em-' -' pire Defence". Eund:.;.; • . The Wairarapa '-Teachers? Executive" ' wrote respecting the'-School Journal ' finishing up with tho following:,. "That 1 tho.Jaunißl,: of: .Education ".heeds ; .-r&-' • along mora policy .' lines :* that" its : place of" publication". should -be Wellington, . and its . editor. ; one .or the Dominion: Executive." It was; .decided;vtp".';.ask":that ' '■the letter shomd.be.sentin as >; remit to-thVih--nual conference. - V Miss Myers moved'"-the following :jfio- •' tioii: "That'this Di'stnctllnafitute.askS' '• the} Executive of .thoN.Z.E.l.—( a y If it is customary; for; the Executive to;- r: give' a'n.. official. pronohncenieht on - main -• tors of"general • interest.'.:without jfetting . an expression of opinion- from the'Dis-' triot Institute;:" and .(b) in what olauses ofthe-Education- Act is :referv ence made to the 'relative .'salaries /or- - allotment of positions', referred: to by'the secretary, of: the N.Z.E.1.;ih..: his, evidence , before, -the 1 Education. Coin- \ mittee of tjio House." The mover | said that she. had. brought'.the-.mqtion. for 'the -purpose-of-gaining information, and allowing .then? to "help- on'educa--tion; . They, did not want to be ignored. , Miss Hillyer .seconded; the -motion,- , which was lost on the voices. ■•-' • - ,| It was resoived that remits for the j annual meeting of the N.Z;E.I: should be in by April 1, non.e to.be - taken ) later. . .