PUNI SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTION

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 276, 18 May 1917, Page 3

PUNI SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTION

To THE Eihtok

Sir—ln your issue of the 11th inst., Messrs Landon, Preece and Nicholls have endeavoured to correct several supposed inaccuracies in your report of the aboye election and they "emphatically disclaim having been nominees of any faction." I am in a position to say that motor cars and brakes were engaged to induce the electors to turn out and vote i their party in. Mr Landon was very i conspicuous in the school building. • handing "tickets" to the electors as , they arrived and one(which I enclose ! with this letter for your inspection) i was handed to me and reads as follows : "Vote fur the Old Committee —J. 0 S Landon, J. U. Nicholl->, J. Rogers, Wm Prpece, and J. McClune." Yet wonderful to relate' they now say they did not stand f r any faction but in the interest of local education. The residents at [ the election voted in the interests of local education and hence the result. Permit me to add that the annual report published in your issue before the election was very misleading. It stated that many improvements had been carried out but omitted to state the same were not yet paid for. It also stated that there was credit balance of £l3 odd in hand but there was no n ention of the fact that there were debts of an ecjual amount outstanding. This has only been disclosed by the election of the new Committee.—l am, etc., " INTERESTED."