PREMIER AND TEACHERS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1440, 28 April 1905, Page 2

PREMIER AND TEACHERS.

Tho fuller, report) 'to hand of the Premier’s reply, to tho teachers.’, 'deputation is of QanisifderajWe interest. Tiie Premier said that proiPlosals for a superannuation scheme ion teacherswere now almost complete, and. on the way to the actuaries., Hte was very hopeful that a wor/kiaM o measure, and one fairly, satisfactory to the would ba introduced noxti session,, and, he hoped, carried into law, The time was opportune for it. Most of those large reforms had been carried ojiib during the last session of a Parliament, when members desired to. stamid well with their constituents .in vfcewi of the forthcoming election, (Laughter.) What had proved a serious drawibiapk i®i regard to, this qhcsbiion had been, the number of olid teachers at' present employed. rphoir. length! oi service entitled them to co®siidorati(on, Jj,vit the younger, (teachers should not he made to pay, more heavily, i,n ondpr to pro,vide for. the older ones. He Would be no party, to legislation in regard to this subject unless something was done for. the old teachers, [He was inclined to, think that th* coivtcso they, would ultimately "bake would be to Parliament to provide a given sum of money, with which to, commence the funjf(Hear, hear.;) H© ,wonld be pleased to submit the Bill when drafted to a ccufcrenep oS teachers, ifks to the scarcity of male teachers, he express eed the opinion that the roason was that the salary given to the teacher at the commencement was not sufficient, and oompara'd unfavorably with those givjen to civil servloa cadets and clerka in banks and mer.-canft-ile offices. Further, he aid no* thinik the salaries paid to teachers as a body were sufficient, in view of the highly responsible jnosilion they held, and although some

increase had been made there had been a greater increase in the cost of living. He was in fav.or of more careful attention being P.ai!d to the training of teachers, and was not satisfied with-the presen t. method of calculating salaries, on the average attendance.- He did not think tharb the proposal to centralise the Inspectorate would be generally acceptable, For his own part he had always Sup pouted the ETtlUciatem Boards being apart from @ie central department. He was not ah .all satisfied with tho present condition c-f Education Boards, if he were given time be would endeavor to make an im’provamemt. He was not satisfied as to tho constriuction. of the hoards, the manner im whiols fhsy, are elected, the powers they exercise, and the manner in which boards anji committees clash. His idea wss I 'that; in case of a conflict between pboard ana a committee there jffiodld ba some authority to which rfes matter could be retorred for- final 1 fleciBfpte., . .. | ■ •

The Uisbornn Club urn advertising for iv steward ut n aala-y of £IOO per annum.

*' The Tuluno arrived in Auclc'and Irom Gisborne Inst evening at a’quarter t > eight. Hospital Truuteos meet at half-past two this afternoon.

Mails dospa'.chod from Meibourno, via Brindisi, on March 22nd, arrived in London on April 21st.

Impounding noticos iri connection with with the Gisborne, and Matawhero pounds appear in this issue. .

East Cope reported- yosterday morning a light S.W. wind, baromoter 29.98, thermometer 64, bluo sky, heavy soo. Several notices of thanks from candidates at tho rooent Borough olootion appear iu another oolumn.

The Now Zealand Clothing Company hove just oponed up Jorge shipments of boots and shoes, of which inspection iB invited.

A meeting of women interested i.n a national memorial to tne loto Mrs Siovwright will behold in Townloy’s Hall this afternoon at threo o’alook.

Messrs Stephen Liddell, Robert Little, Thornes Smith, and Henry Wilson have been eleotod members of the Kaiti Road Board.

Mr Joyoo returns sincere thanks to all those who voted for him on Wednesday and expresses 11 regret that the majority of Gisborno voters do not appreciate being told the truth.” Nominations close to-morrow at noon for the election of one member of the Poverty 11 ay Road Board. Nomination papers oan'be obtained at Mr A. Gray’s ■hop, Makaraka, or Mr A. F. Cuff, Returning Officer.

In consoquenco of a technical error m the description of the boundaries of the Kanaekanae bridge rating distriot the poll of ratepayers appointed to be taken upon the proposal to raise a loan will not be taken.

Furtbov evidence was heard yesterday afternoon in the case of horse-stealing against the Native Graham Piwako. .An adjournment was granted on the application of the Police for a week. Captain Edwin reported yesterday : 14 Moderate to strong southerly winds ; glass rise slowly ; tides high ; sea heavy, easterly swell off shore ; oxpect oold night."

The programme for the Gisborne Baoing 1 Club’s Steeplechase meeting appears in another column, and is of a most attractive I character. Substantial stakes are offered, I the ohief event beiog the Gisborne Park Steeplechase. The meeting promises to be a moat successful one. At the meeting of tho Gisborne Co- j operative Building Society last evening, the ballot loan of £3OO in number one issue was drawn by Mrs H. T. Jones, whilst the sale of £3OO by tender realised £2B per hundred. The next ba'lot and sale will take place on tho first -of June, when £llOO will be disposed of. At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiff by default in the following civil cases : F, J. Oatridge (Mr Blair) v. John Harvey, olaim £6 0s 2d, oosts £1 17s 6d ; same v. F. Chapman, olaim £2 5s 7d, oosts 12s. At the Police Court yesterday morniDg the charge against Thomas Donovan of supplying a prohibited person with liquor was dismissed, there being no evidence to show that Donovan, a gnew arrival here, knew tho party was prohibited. Donovan was fined £2 and costs for drunkenness. Two first offenders were cautioned and discharged. Tho City Band will give an open-air concert from tbo Coronation balcony this evening, when the following programme will bo submitted : -March, “ Durhams ” ; grand march, 11 Marcbeaus Flambeau ” ; grand selection, “ II Trovatoro ” ; march, “ University ”; selection, 11 Casket of Gems”; march, “Rylanda”; National Anthem. Tho band will bo under the condnctorship of Deputy-Bandmaster Don. At His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening the Rice Dramatic Company will produce the celebrated drama, *’ Struck Oil,” when there should be a large attendance. The play is one in which the members of the company have eongenidl parts, and in whioh the principals have won high praise from the Australian press. “ Struck Oil,” judged from former successes. is one of the trump cards of Mr Alfred Rice’s repertoire, and he will spare no pains to have it presented in a manner that is bound to ploaso. Popular prices will bo charged, and there will be but one fee for the stalls. At the coastal townships the following school committees were elected :—Hauiti: Messrs Mullany, Hicks, McNeil, Kennedy, and Bartram (chairman). Waipiro : Messrs Pettie (chairman), Cowley, Hargreaves, Durrant, Nurse, Sadler, and Clews. Tolagoßay: Messrs W. E. Holder, J. A. Moore, Goodley, W. Lockwood, H.Temple, W. A. Tullook, and J. Karepa. The meeting was unanimously in favor of a superannuation fund for teachers, and a resolution was carried to that effeot." Mr Holder was elected chairman, Mr H. Goodley treasurer, and Mr Tullook auditor. A ceremony of a pleasing nature took place yesterday afternoon, when the presentation of a handsome piece of furniture was made by the sisters of the Star of New Zealand Bechabite Tent to Sister I, Georgeson," on. the eve of her approaching marriage. In making the presentation, Sister L. Oarron, Past Ohief Buler, referred to the esteem in whioh Sister Georgeson was held by the members, having been one of the founders of the Tent and its first Chief Buler, whioh position she had filled with oredit, 'While regretting her severance from the Tent, they wished her every happiness and prosperity in her new sphere. Sister Georgeson suitably acknowledged the gift.