CONTROL OF CADETS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 16 May 1907, Page 2

CONTROL OF CADETS.

KIM/CATION 01! UhKKXCK DLPAIiTAJIiiNTS. I'or Press Association. JJuncdin, May U,. N lii'H .-I 1)0,V puts On his unlet mii'"rm i» In; under the control of the lid illation or tile Defence JVpailnieiif.' That is a f(iK!-tion members of tin-' Otago Education Board seem to wiiji to have .nor,. iiytiL thrown on. To-day they considered a communication from the secretary of the Kil,u*ati.,n Depart- 1 men;. a-king them if they ha,l ,h,n- anvtiling' in tlie matter of the amlil of tiie cadet corps i-;iplLa(iun accounts. The write,- di-ctv attention t 0 section 2:1 the Public School Cadet Corps remit 1tion, which stales th.it the commanding o/licer uf I'vcrv (iuict wr|H keep a full and correct amount of receipts and expenditure of the funds lof corps, and shall submit til ■ Same. I when rei|iiired, to an auditor appointed •hv the Education Jioanl of the District.

Mr Israel expressed joy at this recognition ~,f tile education authorities, saying that when, on prc\ions occasions, they had asked for iiiformali m on such points, thev had bee., politely told by the cadet oilicers to mind their own business. lie advocated that us it was now evident that (he Jioanl hid some control in cmlet matters, they should exercise it, and lie moved that the commanding ollicer of every cadet corps be instructed to furnish statements of receipts and expenditure of their fund, for the purpose of audit by i'lo Board; also that the Defence !).>. partiiient be requested to pav capitation in schools under the Hoard's control through the medium of the Boird. When this bad been carried Mr Israel remarked that the i,e w Hoard would know what money the cadets' received and pahl out, which Mr Mitchell supplemented hy saying, <"n u , „,,. counts have not been audit:.,]' for goodness knows how long." The Hoard then appointed Mr Park, one of the oilicers, to audit accounts.