LOCAL COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 142, 14 June 1873, Page 2

LOCAL COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION.

There was a far larger attendance, than usuaTOt^ thp pur;p6s|,jOf eleftlpg/f^PXlooembers of J the Local Commitiee^pl^Edu^tJpn, in the • plpce of Messrs .^ercy" . Jpbbie jm4 .Cooke, retiring, antf-Ar ff.MD. MchWd,Ve¥gned. SMr Elliott having beeri'voW to the chair, j^ajled for nojQMp^igps^ when Jhe f follo^wing^ ->names were .proposed N—

Candidates. Proposers. Seconders, Mr P. Cooke Mr Hibble Mr Everett •" ? er t°^ •■ 3&1& __§*«, Wig-ell „J. Hooper „ gflfick Wil. «fUI » 0.11. Levien. „ lj£nj| 11 *I|D' Bif?r# „ Hibble „ vm<M m^AXhWX „H. D. Jackson „Wm Hill TPackeF® „W. Fletcher „J. Hounsell „ Sunley „ Goulstone G.W. Lightbanl „ Thornton „C. H. Brown Thornton „ fpear. *c| Af-al^ow of bArids^-rs tbfen taken $ith, UMe'^flowing leiulfe^: i— Ai Hibble ks^ Hooper 66 ; Goulstone 65 ; Cook 54 ; Percy 48; Hunter Brown 40; Jackson 33; -Fletcher 16; Levien 14; ■•-* '■•"-•'-"-•■ '-'-" -"-'• -'-- The four first named were declared :Heot®l(\HXTJ.X Mr Levestam said that before the meet-ing-broke up_ he : should .like, to suggest that some alteration ,be._ made in- the mode of electing membel*_r*al s hltmcl-' were held up by thpfe" who J?ad bo .qjjali§cation.< , Mr WiezELE saiß the matter liad already been represented to the.SuperintendenJ. r Mr Hibble "thought that th<ki «l4lvlwhohad paid th^ir,, rates f sh,ould possess the - right.to^ypte. ''""' Jl ' l> ""' '" \ \ MrpEßgi:. injh^nkinglh'o-^whbyhad voted fbr'Kjmi .S^jlhat he. 'hadibeen ytold 1 *m s ft s>9^P**;?iy ; (*k*\4L^ e^;g.P.^ tQ turn, him out because he wasoan>infid,el andopposed to religiops.)inßtcuc*tibi_.,^To such an t accußation^^^h , e^ r g a -ve<• /'air unqualified say that he was surprisedi^that fsomeiiof ptho'se-whtt oCcbpf^tf i¥^o* :: ipf; rejjgionjfekd; te^^*#?; £sktt '■ A fffimtri mmmrf to step in between [Kbimf tooi-d'iilhis''. conscience r and,' ; HT.tb:eF ,>ißower above. For a.-peribd!o'ft seven >6V eight years he r f had^- ? a^men^be^ o£^the^Board )? .; a t nd , t had ' always J cobs^iept|qWi*Pfdone ' 'hi^ duty, and- lie^^tfi^ugh^.j^hat, in concert with thos,' Vbp^acteT witb him, he had done* much gooi yin |thq oayuse of educatioD. lie was a soi*r*y 40 find that he .vhad b .een r ;,^ party who - (- iliought'that'he'was opposed to religious instruction. ..,,,,,.. -.-■-. . .- rT -.-* T , > ! Ihe Rev D. DoLAMOREjaid that so far? ob his; kn^owjedge pf »Mr * wei-'.t, \ he had bo grounds for accusing him of in- . fidelity or for finding any*fault with him, "Many of tbe^ though.' Yi)aVlth| Infusion of a j l.ttle fresbhblood into the .ICpm'.inittee, was desirable, Xpd, so two. names had r been agreed upbn.^^He' &td i *hot'''see' i xvhy raerobers ppce eJected^'sbpuld . expect to 1 1 'i ll! 'iiJ' i"v**'-* '- - ,"•.-'- *'" '' ' *• -■■■■ hold,.pfli,ce ln^perpetuity. !.,.,.•• Miij. > • .s A(.vpte:of:thanka to ;*the h chairman tet***' miDated the'pTo'deeaing*?? s^' 5 '' l!ii ' '"' "•''' ' ' ' i ■—^ j- — * — •