CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81854, 29 September 1906, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

EDUCATIONS MATTEiIS. (To the Editor.) Sir, —To one who takes un intercsL iu educational matters, a few minutes' perusal of tlie Tarauaki Education Hoard's annual report- is very pleasant indeed. I note the following facts:— In the junior scholarship examination three, out of the iirst seven, are Central school pupils, surely an admirable result. 11l the senior scholarship examination the lirst, third, and fouHh places are occupied by Central boys of two years ago. Surely credit is due to somebody tor these results. Is it owing to modesty that the Central School Committee do not let people know that the Central is easily the leading primary school in the district Turning to the Board's summary of annual examination results, however, we are more than surprised to iind that this is the verdict; Central, compulsory übjnets " satisfactory." Satisfactory, indeed! Surely a mistake. Can any of our experts explain ? I am quite aware that many schools doing good work never win scholarships, but it is contrary to common sense to say that a school with so many successes to its credit is doing only " satisfactory" work.—l am, etc., Alpha. TIIE HARBOR LAND FUND. (To the Editor.) Sic,—ln your report of the last u'eetiug of the Harbor Board there appeared a paragraph with reference to ihe Land Bill that is now before a Parliamentary Committee. Mr Conaett is a gentleman tor whom I have ;he utmost respect, and neyer have had -•ause to think otherwise than well ol iiim, The more remarkable, therefore, docs the paiagraph read.' The readlug public can come to no other conclusion than that, save and only tor Mr Connett's timely action the Board would have lost its reyenue from the sale of Crown lands. I can place no other interpretation upon the paragraph, which is supposed to be a statement made by Mr Conuett upon the subject, i'or the information of your readers generally, and of the Chairman of the liarbor Board particularly, I ask you to publish the fact that not alone the four Tarauaki members, but many other members of Parliament were cognisant of the fact that the Bill did not protect the Harbor Board revenue, and were just as cognisant that the protection would be granted by a fresh clause in the Bill, and in the remote event of the Government refusing this that eyery constitutional step would be .aken by the four Taranaki members io prevent the perpetration of an in justice upon the ratepayers within the harbor district and upon the Harbor Board bondholders. To me, this " alone 1 did it" and " all my work" is quite a new phase in Mr Connett's character.—l am, etc., C. E. Majob, J1.H.8. Wellington, 20th September.