MR EDGLER ON SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1145, 26 February 1884, Page 2

MR EDGLER ON SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l must Concure with some of my temuka friends that I am not schooler enuf for a Commettee I realy wass so Ignorant as not to know what the dutiei of a Secretary Consist of I was not awhare that the Secretary had to Colect so much Information and Lay it Before the commettee ami I wass not a whare Ihet the Secretary had to do the Maine of the Buisness I realy thought that the Commettee wass Elected to do Buisness But Mr Editor wee have in oure Secretary so much Effic-icy as not to reQuire moore than three Committee O Mr Editor to Live in those enlightend times is enuf to allmost make one wish that he wass not Born ao Soon by fifty years again Mi Editor I have to Plead Ignorantce I realy wass Not awhare that a Reportor had so much wispering to do and so much

telegraphting on Slips of paper over the table to those he Could not wisper to Mr Editor I thought at the time it would have abeeo Better for j'ou to have alowed yourself to stand as Candidate and if Elicted you Could have a spoken out Like any other gentleman I will sign my name in full this this time so that you Can have a dig at me. —Yours truly George Edgeler, 0.0.t.0.d. temuka, Feb. 23th, 1884.

[We do not think it very prudent on Mr Edgeler's part to begin his public career by challenging us to nave a ' a dig ' at him. He thus shows a great deal of the ' tread on the tail of my coat' spirit. We have supported him all along, and now mark his cold ingratitude ! As soon as he finds himself elected to a public position he turns round and looks down on the poor mortals that helped him into it. Not only that, but he evidently wants to drag us into an argument because he knows well that his public position and unequalled talents give him an advantage over us, and that we would be fighting an unequal battle. We tell Mr Edgeler that he will not find us making a fool of ourselves to give him an opportunity of displaying his talents. We may say, however, that anyone reading his letter will agree with him that it was a great pity his nativity was not delayed by 50 years. We protest against being thus challenged by a man with four or five capital letters after his name ; and we trust the public will take up our cause, and protect us from the ominous catastrophe which portends our annihilation. We here challenge Mr* Edgeler to call a public meeting, and have these grievances ventilated. He then see that the public of Temuka will not allow him to crush the Editor of this paper out of existence, as he evidently contemplates doing.—The Editor.]