THE EDUCATION RATE.

Patea Mail, Volume 1, Issue 11, 19 May 1875, Page 3

THE EDUCATION RATE.

(I'UOM THE “ TAUANAKI NEWS.”) The collec'-’oii of the education rHe is, we urn erst: u . becoming a matter ot dilTLwily. Half the rata has been brought in, but the .emnnvn;.; moiety, which should* be available for the exigencies of Ihc Doan I under tao Ordinance, is withheld, ami there remains to the Secretary the unpleasant duly of suing for the same in accordance with the Ordinance, and no delay should he allowed to occur. It should be understood that, no matter how objectionable a law may be, it must be obeyed for the time being, and until it has been modified ur abrogated by the power that orignaled it. Were anything permitted to the contrary, it would necessarily be subversion of all -, vder and rule. The same • l ifli ulty hj - occure in Auckland, aim hundreds of summoir-.es have been issued, an 1 without special materials of deforce, the rate lias been recovered with the vexatious addition oiTiearlv the same amount of costs. On the faith of the means guaranteed by the Ordinance, large expenditure lia-. been incurred by the Hoard, for which the ordinary estimates of the Province make m> provision, and i-ibs must be satisfied from some source, and there is ,-.o a von ling recourse to compulsory measures if others fail, n r should there be any hesitation in adopting there. If the present Ordi-naii-v and its provisions me so objectionable, let,- the mafter be brought fairly before tn<; p uple, and turough them lot the Government be applied to for any alteration thought desirable. On this point the nmst direct lino of action would, be for any person promoting an alteration to apply to the member representing the district in which lie resides, and it will then reach the public generally through the legitimate road—the Provincial Council. We cannot, however, conceive a greater injustice than to peimit the rates to be in their present, anomalous stale. For ourselves, we agree with the rate—with any means that will secure the object in view ; and believe that energy and watchfulness should simp/y bo applied to see that the money received has useful application to the object.