Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1920. EDUCATIONAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2138, 10 June 1920, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1920. EDUCATIONAL.

THE Chairman of the Canterbury Education Board said beeau.se Mr Pirani had “shouted, fought, threatened ami demanded'’ money for Palmerston schools £58,000 had been granted, whereas a modest request for a sum of £3,800 for the Cobden school, near Greymnuth, had been turned down. As a matter of fact, comments the Palmerston Times, it was not Mr Pirani who got £43,000 (not £58,000) for the Palmerston schools. In the first place an indignation meeting was promoted by a Palmerston member "of the Board. This was followed up by a local depuiation to the Minister, and then Mir Nash, M.P., made some-shrewd bargaining with the men higher up, and the long delayed work teas taken in .hand. What really needs explaining is, wliy should all this agitation and• seheming, and solicitation he necessary? Education is the most: essentia! (lung in this country, and as education is rightly or Avrongly under the control of a department with a Ministerial head, it is the plain duty of these public servants to (ind money when money is required for these purposes. The Times goes <>n to say that Mr Pirani has rendered great sendees to education, and largely through his industry, initiative and vision the Wanganui Board has achieved a record second to none in the Dominion; hut when it comes to coaxing money lie is not in it will) our sanve diplomatic M.P. Dur contemporary might have gone on to say that in past days Mr Pirani Ava.a. Ia w unto himself so far as educational matters were concerned in lids district. The flay of the autocrat to he head of department or Board has uoav passed. Tluy.Edm-a-(ional Institute and School Committees’ Association have aroused the public and Government to the needs of Education reform, which are uoav being carried out on constitutional lines. Wire-pulling and log rolling has had its day.