ONEWHERO SCHOOL FINANCE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 393, 19 July 1918, Page 3

ONEWHERO SCHOOL FINANCE.

This year, with a crowded assembly of Householders, the whole of the old Committee of 1916 were elected, and they hope to finish the work of improving the school grounds, which. when they took office in 1916, were a standing disgrace to the whole district, being on a par with the "Onewhero Domain." I consider that tidiness is one of the chief things in a child's education, and should be practised at school as much as in the home. With regard to Mr. Keyes' statement re Mr. Glasgow's reputation for truthfulness. I wish to say that I have been in close contact witli Mr. Glasgow for a good many years, and he has always been known for his straightforwardness and truthfulness. This is from one who likes to see fair play, and credit given where credit is due.—Yours, etc., HOUSEHOLDER. Te Hirua. July 15th, 1918.

(To the Editor.) Hr,*-It was with extreme surprise that I have read such a letter as appeared in your issue of July 9th, hel the signature of Mr. w! Kejies. Very reluctant to enter your columns at all on this subject, I have sought throughout to conduct my portion in a decent and impersonal manner, but Mr. Keyes has evidently deliberately .read a meaning into all my letters on this subject that was neither apparent nor intended. I certainly agree with Mr. Keyes that to style a simple truth "terminological inexactitude" is an abuse beyond pardon, but as applied to his statement that accounts owing for practically one year were passed on its suitability will be unquestioned, as this statement cannot be - substantiated by any evidence in the hands of the Committee or elsewhere. However, this is really only a side issue. In the first place, I challenged the Balance Sheet, which Mr. Keyes read to the householders, as being incorrect and unfair, and, in the second place, he has in every letter admitted its incorrectness by abandoning it and borrowing another.

Never at any time have I claimed that the liabilities of my Committee were only about £2. I have, on the contrary, in every letter freely admitted we were in debt, but I claimed good assets in improvements —so good, in fact, that at the householders' meeting I challenged my "accuser," as Mr. Keyes chooses to describe himself, to indicate where a single penny had been mis-spent, and he was dumb.

Mr. Keyes' ingenious reading of the latter part of my last letter could not be further from the mark. I will not passively part with my reputation for any sum Mr. Reyes can name, and as I intend giving him an opportunity to speak before another audience shortly he may find that I value it very highly indeed.—Yours, etc, EOBT. J. GLASGOW, Chairman, Onewhero School Committee. July 17th, 1918. (To the Editor.) Sir—Having had my attention drawn to a letter in your columns over the nam& of Mr. W. Reyes, I wish to state that it is a most abusive and misleading article. The whole trouble seems to be "that Mr. Reyes and his associates are sore at being turned down hy the Householders. the old Committee of progressive Householders going back "en bloc," and I think the Householders usually judge a Committee by their actions. Even though the old Committee of 1916 did leave a small debt, they left substantial improvements, which had been effected in the cheapest way, and with a good deal of voluntary labour by the Committee, who were quite prepared to go back for another term, and to finish the work planned, but a certain small section got to the unexpected happened— thi.c new members being elected.