The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 939, 21 April 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1879.

Ttrrc&K wilt U>«? » special fneetins «>? tin? Otuutiro B«tv*>T# fc'onmii-ttb-e this evening. fit- (?i>n»Wt?» tftt? spfii'lnSnwivt of » twwt uuvstei? t>{ fKi} tiuefile Sishoot* *itse Mr. Ffounnif (resigno-lK ftfttt stxontt mii't ef the South, !H«fw(pt, tra Mr. .Elsbttry (eesiafted). When sss remember «f tsfconii the ♦ ftvnuvtw SkhwU- Coni-mife'ee is eeiu-post-siU We ftv-Uvfe Ctu3.fi it wiit W seaPKety neeessaey to point ettt to-them the tirsceney ■of their instating upof* the enjoyment of 6h« ifwafcrst ft'ts<s<l''til- fit the seWtion «|f twwhera. The «nostif.ttti«w "f tfv-3- Otm'o Kii'ocanou r.oa.r.t is <\ich tlu-E if- cannot W )S(;MI {■-[> be sufficiently interested itt such (w»m.p"*taftt as appoint* mervt "6 teas tiers- f«r the setter Is »f Oivmantv to> go fa» the trewbte necessary t*> ensure wise selection. The franvets ft the Education! Art fywl th» tt» view when tliey virtually placet! appointments in the hands of SMioot Canini-iftess* They are bcouifht into imnietii-tte eontaet with the 1 teachers. schofaes. »n«t parents »cifl gufi F(i ians, They are responsible for the good: conttiret ef the schools- over which they have jttpistfidjiotis, ami they have no itesrre to be relieved ef awsh responsibility, seeing that if they eto n<>t take an interest in securing the best pfsaibte correal ton for their children,. and those ef the community tn which they live, nobody else : with We ate not, of coarse,- »«are what : the Education Beard has done in reference to> the appointment of the two- masters f«r Oamatw—whether they ftave opened the applications. acid «h«sen fr»m them two or three names to> recommend to- the »am»rt* Committee.. as they have previonsty etonir in instance!*, or fc»rwaptleufi the apptieations, aeKoovpanits«t by uvu-ikntwls,. to> the (Hunaro Conunittee to t'hooso fcotn : and we- suppose that if the Eoactl were tw adopt the Rpst-mentione*! cowtsev the !>anwvr« behoot Cotnnvittee wouht object just as strongly tm stteh an interference with their prerogative by the lioacbt,.oc»perh.aps ß only eneok' its otfkers, as tlitt a l>tmeciin Committee sometime when the Att«rn<py-C*ener»t expressed fiis opinion that Sehool C«mmitteeft Juwl the fwlt po-wer to- appoint the nuisters of the schools ot their Kuhoot Cemmittees- will not swbntit to being teiiasßkl fcotn what the Aet tn-terw-te<i they shottM be t<» scavengep» and '' ctuvpwovnen " of the pmbtie schohwtte tnstitatiuns of their »iujtti«ts.