MR. CORNES'S EXPLANATION.
To the Kititor ol the-Thames Advertiser. Silt,—My application to be reinstated in the' Kauaeranga boys' school, written on Wednesday, and never replied to verbally or otherwise by the committee, contained a stipulation that I should be paid at the rate of £170 per annum. I was induced by the representations of some of the parents of children attending that school, and by the repeated solicitations of my personal friends, to make that application, which I did with considerable reluctance. My letter to you, inserted in Saturday's impression, was written between 1 and 2 a.m. on Thursday morning. Between the time, of writing to the committee and my letter to you sufficient time had not elapsed to receive any reply; therefore that had nothing to do with my letter; neither did I resign ray school in a huff; but as between committees and the Board, from first to last, since! have been a teacher, I have been done out of £85,1 think I had very good grounds to carry out my notice to the Board and Committee that I would resign my situation if they did not pay the paltry £25 that 1 was justly entitled toon account of the Eureka and Shellback schools. You, however, attack my veracity. I maintain that "many of my statements" many will believe; I can substantiate every oue of them. Your paragraph informs us that Mr Brown was not satisfied with his position at the Waiotahi. JI e himself told mo that it was to retain his services that certain parties were so earnest in their endeavours to establish a High School. Was this fair to the other teachers or to the public P The situation should be advertised, and then, ~if Mr Brown be the best qualified man, by all means appoint him. I attack the system, not the individual. Mr Brown, however, has got the credit of maliciously insulting every teacher on the field by stating that *' there'was no teacher at the Thames who knew how to teach except himself." I attacked Mr Howe because for a long time past I have been watching his career. I consider him a mau who, had he rid himself of a lev of his parasites, and gone in honestly for the benefit of the i hatnes community, iustead of trying to do the be3t for liis own particular little clique only, he would have done a very great amount of good. At the same time he woukl_ have gained the respect of many of those who now oppose hirn. .Not that I think Mr Kowe the genius his supporters would have us believe. I do, however, consider him to be a shrewd man of business, possessed of a large amount of practical common sense. Unfortunately for him, these good qualities are obscured by his egotism and lack of modesty. People here seem not to know that esquire is as much a title as captain or sir. Here wo are all captains, majors, or esquires, whether we are entitled to it or not; hence my rem irk.—Yours, &c, Edmund 0. Comes. Shortland, Nov. 9,1874.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1891, 10 November 1874, Page 3
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520MR. CORNES'S EXPLANATION. Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1891, 10 November 1874, Page 3
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