A CASE OF INJUSTICE.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1917, Page 6

A CASE OF INJUSTICE.

To the Editor. Sir.—ln tlie?e days when one !ioar« so nfui'li t.ilk of patriotism and British fair play the doings of some folk are hard to 'miili-r.-t;'-iid. The undermentioned ease is worthy of r.iore than a passill" thought. Some months ago when our late and much ropeeted school teacher ('.Mr. Ainoore) was laid aside through iU-liealt.il the Board was pleased to appoint Miss I). Brown to the position of teacher to Upper Mangurei school, a position which the -aid young iladv has since filled conscientiously and satisfactorily under mo. t adver-c conditions. both as regards weather and eoiiffh" aii'l colds. for it must be taken into cr.n:-,i b ration that a walk or ride of three miles on a wet, wintry morning when one is not feeling quite up to tup notch is not the mo-t enviable thin,' imaginable. Nov,'. then 1 is a prospect of better weather conditions the Hoard has seen lit to appoint another teacher to take up her duties from September 1. Not 011 iy ia grave injustice being done to the young ladv herself by such treatment, but it has to be taken into consideration that six brothers, two of whom ha \ e made the supreme sacrifice, ! long ago \olunteeml and 'went to aid t their country's cause, leaving the old £ folk to manage the farm with the aid > of two young daughters, and while one ' was teaching the local school she could j during lor -pare time render valuable assistance on the farm. but. if coinpctlcd to seel: her living at a distance such a thing would be quite out of the question.—l am, etc., PARENT.