THE BIG BUSH SCHOOL

Marlborough Express, Volume III, Issue 130, 15 August 1868, Page 4

THE BIG BUSH SCHOOL

To the Editor of the Marlborough Express. Sie, — In your issue of the Bth instant, my attention was called to a letter signed “ F. J. Litchfield,” in which he says:—“The Salary of the Schoolmaster at the Big Bush is not reduced to £7O per annum.” The following is a copy of the information I received, and entered in my diary a few minutes ' after Mr. Litchfield left the Bush : Friday, August 31st, 4 - 30 p. m.—Mr. Litchfield called upon-me, and said— ‘ Mr. Cave, your salary, is reduced to £7O per annum, and would have been reduced, to £SO, the same as Mr. Morley ; but I suggested to the Board that in consequence tf the smallness of the fees, they (the Board) should give you £2O more, to o&hich they agreed ; also that the services of Mr. Williams, the inspector and secretary, was dispensed with.’”. My reply was that I intended to send in my r. resignation, and as the Inspector was out of office',, he (Mr. L.) would be the proper person to . send it to, and delivered it to him the same e vending. I also, remarked that I could not support ’ my family with anything like decency out of my .present small salary, and that if reduced to £7O, “ and have to pay my rent, I could not remain, in which Mr. L. sympathised. Now, sir, if Mr. L. intended his remarks to be private, he should have said so, and I would r have sooner suffered my right hand to be cut oif ■'than be guilty of a breach of confidence; but it ' was mentioned to me such a way that I thought s it no secret, and related it to several of my "friends.—Yours, &c., A. G. Cave. Big Bosh, August 11th,1868. J

P. S.—Finding Mr. Litchfield’s information with regard to the Inspector incorrect, I at once forwarded a copy of my resignation to that gentleman.