The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1882.

Temuka Leader, Issue 939, 18 April 1882, Page 2

The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1882.

The usual monthly meeting of the Temuka School Committee ought to bo held this evening, but whether the members will meet or not, we are not in a position to state. We believe, however, that we are right in saying that Messrs Bolton, Harrop and Davis will meet, and ns the Board of Education has decided that Mr Harrop is still a member of the Committee, the three will bo suffl cient to form a quorum. Their difficulty now in filling up the vacancies is that they do not know whether the other four members will resume their duties again or not, and it would not be competent for them to elect other men in their stead until such time as they know, for certain, that their seats are vacant. We believe that absence from a certain number of meetings creates a vacancy, and therefore if the three remaining members find the other four absent for the required number of meetings they can declare their seats vacant and elect whomsoever they please in their stead. On the other hand if the four members thought fit to meet on their own account, without inviting the presence of Messrs Harrop, Bolton and Davis, they could do so and transact business too, because they have, been declared to be still members of the Committee by the Education Board and then there would be two School Committees. But we do not think this will take place, and wo trust that they will all meet and work harmoniously together. This is what they ought to do, and what they will do if they have the interest of the school at heart, and we feel pretty sure that some have. We hear, however, that a certain member, who is big on law points, is working up a case, as lawyer’s say, to blow up the Stout-Foster opinion into smithereens, and show the Education Board what fools they are. The certain member is clever, very clever, in getting hold of the wrong end of law points, but’ it is doubtful whether he will succeed in his present undertaking. He may, however, be able to talk other members into not meeting, and this is the reason why we refer to the matter. W r e ask them not to mind bush law, but go to work, and carry out the duties for which they were elected. It is very important that there should be a good Committee managing the school at the present time, when there is a probability of a change iu the teaching staff, and the present Committee is a good one if they only worked together. They ought not (o forget that they have only eight months more to run and as they only meet once a month they have but to meet about eight or nine times. Surety, for the sake of the school, they might make a little sacrifice, and continue their duties to the end of the year.