THE EDUCATION BILL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 58, 29 July 1914, Page 4

THE EDUCATION BILL.

SOUTH CANTERBURY PROTEST ' ; By Telegraph.-Press Association. m. ™ Tunaru, Last Night. The Education Bdard to-day cQmus. eed the Eduction Bill, and passedTrt aolution.protesting against the merging of the South Canterbury education &\£ w, aD ? A ? lvidin f .'* between Canterbury and Ota#o, claiming that the board was doing good work and that the larger district cannot conduce to areit efficiency or economy. Especially inconvenient and incongruous-' would 1* ! the transfer of the Waimafc County to Otago, because, in order to reach: some of the schools iu the Waimatc County, it would be necessary to pass through NELSON JOINS THE CHORUS. _, , T , Nelson, Last Night. J tie Nelson education Board to-day adopted a resolution approving of th-3 general principles of the Education Bill, land congratulating the Minister upon !its introduction. The board also resolved to protest, against the proposal t<- form a West Coast Board, including Buller, Inangahua, Grey and Westland. "SNUFFING OUT" A DISTRICT. Timaru,*Last Night. Three town school committees met together this evening and passed resolutions protesting against the "snuffing out" of the South Canterbury education dietriet. FRANKLEY ROAD PROTEST. At a well-attended meeting of houseI holders in the Frankley school on Mpnj day night, at which Mr. A. C. Downes presided, the following resolution was passed; "That this meeting strongly protests against the proposed abolition of the TaranaM Education District, and I asks the Government when they finally J decide the new boundaries of the Education Districts, to give to the Taranaki District a considerably extended area/' It was further decided to send copdes to Taranaki members, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Education, and the loader of the Opposition. The school committee was requested to watch the further progress of the Bill and caJl another public meeting if necessary.