THE EDUCATION BILL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 57, 28 July 1914, Page 4

THE EDUCATION BILL.

- _ | -} MAKLBOBOUGO SUGGISSTIOXB •. 'J By Telegraph.—Picas .Association. < ] w „ Blenheim, Last Night. ; ' lie Marlborough branch of the Edm ' cational Institute resolved—"That thtf ' Institute congratulated tiie Minister on; ; his attempt to better the conditions of 4 teachers, but deeply regrets to find that' I attendance still remains the basis of il computation of salaries." The new 1 hoT dißt [ ict l a nere discussed. Mem- ' L fr^ sed . the °P' nion that bo far J wnro "i l mtlon was concerned ther I 7hl u qU ,\ satisfled to remain under ' the Marlborough Board. Fieuro* vZI " produced to fhow that the ornnn-'S "' itwouTd 4 m , ost ine 9 uitabl e. i ■ ttie benefit to the teacawith Nek ° n - ie ' te? wW theref ? re to ask the Minis-' SiSrii Kaio, .North Auckland. These distnVta aU teatlllers m "d' the same «?«««!» !l * suggests merely as L stepping-stone to what every teAciher irt New Zealand earnestly desired Do"union promotion scheme. ' ■ r of teachers hroueht thrf to/state's views before the Satiofl dy paßsed the following 1 ' into °° nsi^ eration the large areas of closer settle* S it"£ BtiU kT ? 6T areaa t(> set-. wed, it is essential for administratis purposes that there should beTbfil the members of which would be in close teneil with and have a thorough taw*' parts of the Strict, and!' . S K-,,S ?11g)y Bl £es 'hat the inters w f W l ,d be mucb bett»lT wTL e i - rotentlon of tile Marl-: Education Board with the im «f lfe of the whole' . of Marlborough) Sounds and Kaikouitt _W»»t.ia tlie opinion of this, bcxtfd, a Dominion promotion schenn# «J*? Col ? v eniently incorporated in ' tie A«t by giving the Advisory Council 1 o. General Council the power of makimr teachers appointments, this central authority referring to the committees itf we same manner as the education ooards do now."

WIST COAST • INDIGNANT, 'j . , Greymouth, Last Night. A special meeting ®f the Grey Eduction Board to-night considered tii«' Education Bill„ and passed the follow-' ing resolutions: "That while in agree-, ment witlh many of the provisions o£ the proposed Bill, tlnis board, for itself and on behalf of the school committed.' i of the district, makes an emphatic ani vigorous protest against the abolition iof the Grey (Education district and thai | proposed incorporation with Cfcnterbuiy; that the board strongly ureas upon the Minister ,to leave the edueation districts as at presentfbut if Parliamenfc refuses to do so it wquwig the Government to take into considw*electing of a new district for _.y Coast, taking in the counttae •r Weetland, Grey, i>uller and Muirchisonj, which, witfli the combined Jxxrouehß, would: have an approximate population of fotnty thousand.

AN INGLEWOOD PROTEST. A public nieeting was held at Inglewood on. Friday night to discuss the Education BiU. Big Worship the Mayor (Mr. G. presided. Mr. H. Trimble, (chairman of tha Taranaki Education Board) after expressing regret at tihe sparseness of the A attendance, outlined at some length the provisions of the Bill most directly af-" fectmg Taranaki. Mr A. Morton spoke on behalf of the country school , expressing the hope thlat .a forcible protest would be made against ,the proposal to eliminate Tajanaki. After a full discussion the following resolutions were carried:— That in view of the rapid increase in the population of Taranaki, not only. in the older and closer settled portions, but also in the back country, it would be detrimental to the best interests of the people ,to remove the control of educational matters from New Plymouth)." . . "That this meeting is decidedly of opinion that the present education district' should (be retained and enlarged so as to include the whole of the provincial district of Taranaki." "That copies of the-foregoing resolution be forwarded to the Minister Hi Education and also to the Hons. 0. W. ' Camcross and 0. Samuel, and Messrs Hine, Okey, Pearoe, Wilkinson and' Wilson, and that they be requested to use every effort to give effect to the recommendation embodied therein."