RANDWICK SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTION.

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 50, 22 May 1930, Page 6

RANDWICK SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTION.

(To the Editor). Sir, —In reply to a kvttor published in your eorrespond<mcd cobjaun on Thursday, 15th inst, peron.it nio to draw attention to t^he fact that the secretary of tihe aibove sehoo^ ■committee omitted to refer to the moat essential part of the statement contained in my report of the election, viz., "That the executive of the local branch of the Labour Party put up a 'ticket' of nine •candidates," an omission ■whiclh. is hiexplicabde, knowing that Mr, lloss is also secretary of jthe local, bTaoch. of that political party. i AS it is well known that 90, per «en,t of jthe residents of this distriot are Laboiar Isupipiorter3, and were therefore pledged Ito- vote for the "ticket*' it rquiros no istxetcik of tho imaginution to under- : stand why the result was a '' foregone conclusion." Moreover, printed copies 10f.,-th.e : "ticket" were covertly distriibuted on the night of the election, j which, no douibt, "helped to further the !'' foregone conclusion That the feel•jing of resentment among the 500 house-i-h!olders of the district,, of. wihom less ) tihan 100 voted at tfie election, is no mere idle talk can easily be su'bstantiat- j ed.foy the fact (that one newly elected •committeeman showed his resentment by resigning and several members of t&e Labooir Party .have resigned likewise. Hud each candidate stood on his individual merits, a* aH classes of thougfhit admit should be the ease, the result would, no doubt, have fceen totaly different. Finally I strongly advise Mr. Boss and his se&ool eonunittco to 'fofget party politics, and the members of his labour party brancih. to keep their politics out.of locaJl affairs if tbey wisli for progress and to avoid dissension, anil, above allj refrain from personalities. Party politics should never be allowed to enter into local affairs, where all sthoud meet.-on-common ground, and work together in harmony for the .common gooir.—l am etc., G. M. PxYKIS. - 33 Kandwkk Crescent, Lower Hutt.