A VOICE FROM RODNEY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Sin, —Rodney sticks to the road boards and the old regime, and not without reason, for she has had some fine provincial pickings. I once heard of a singular transaction at a meeting of the Education Board of Auckland, involving Rodney interests. - Mr. Swanson, then a member of that board, ushered in Mr. Dyer of Mahurangi, who in a neat speech advocated the subsidising a second school at that fashionable watering place, the main argument being that though the new school would only be two miles from the subsidised one it would occupy a more central position. If my memory serves me, the economical Mr. Swanson moved that it be granted, and then there was an ominous silence at the preposterous nature of the request, when the "not extravagant" Mr. Tole rose and seriously seconded the proposition. Of course it was carried, but the Provincial Secretary was so ashamed at the extraordinary demand, that he was obliged to add some qualifying reservations. —I am, &0., An Aucklander.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4803, 14 August 1876, Page 3
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179A VOICE FROM RODNEY. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4803, 14 August 1876, Page 3
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