DISMISSAL OF INSPECTOR LEE.
A Public Enquiry to be Held
(per PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, Sept 25. The dismissal of Chief Inspector Lee by the Board of Education, which has given rise to comments in all parts of the colony, was referred to at a meeting of the Board, but it was generally recognised that a public enquiry should take plice in order to satisfy the public mind on the matter. Lee, who was present, urged that the enquiry should be before an impartial tribunal and the Board decided to ask the Mayor of Wellington to hear evidence in public. It is not intended that any judgment shall be given, but it is anticipated that the publication of evidence will enable the public to arrive at a proper conclusion as to the Board’s action. During the discussion there was some personal recrimination between Mr Lee and Mr Young, one member of the Board who, it was alleged by Mr Lee, had many years ago been, with his daughter, retired from the position of headmaster of the Wellington Terrace school in consequence of reports by Mr Lee. Mr Young asserteitbat Mr Lee had not been competent to examine the scholars of his school. The Inspector’s laughing response was nonsense, .
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 September 1901, Page 3
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207DISMISSAL OF INSPECTOR LEE. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 September 1901, Page 3
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