CONVEYANCE OF CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
TO THE EDITOK OF THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Sib, —You surely misreported what took place at the meeting of the Education Board yesterday, as to what you call a “modest request” of the Belmont residents for a little assistance in sending their children to school,; a distance of about five miles. I think if all the facts were known to you you would admit that our request is really a modest one, when made to a Board that talks of spending another £6OOO in Wellington. A short time ago our school at Belmont was closed by the Board. We wish to educate our children if we can ; but we cannot send the little ones on foot to the nearest school. Some of us therefore tried to make arrangements to send daily to the Hutt a covered vehicle, which could take down 15 or 20 children ; but as the cost would fall heavy on a few of us, we asked the Board, through Mr. Valentine, who kindly promised to help us, for a small subsidy,—l think £25 was mentioned. This is the “modest request" so flatly and rudely refused by the Board.—l am, &c., A PabENT. Belmont, 2nd May.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5335, 3 May 1878, Page 2
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203CONVEYANCE OF CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5335, 3 May 1878, Page 2
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