MEETING AT DUMBARTON ROCK.
A numerously attended and influen tial meeting was held in the Dumbarton Rock Hotel on the evening of Saturday, 12th inst. The object of the meeting was to take steps for the establishment of a side school in the district.
Mr. Michael Macarthy, who presided, opened the proceedings by a few* appropriate and telling remarks on the advantages of education. He said it must be a matter of deep regret to every father to see his children grow up about him without having the slightest opportunity of cultivating their minds or developing whatever talent they might possess. Yet this was the position of every parent about the Dumbarton Bock — a district containing thirty-eight children sufficiently old to benefit by instruction, but distant five miles from the nearest school. This state of matters could no longer be submitted to. They all contributed to the revenue of the country, and were entitled to participate in any advantages purchased by it. He would call upon Mr. Elder to move the first resolution.
Mr. Elder said he was glad to see by the attendance that the parents in the district were thoroughly alive to the importance of the question. Winter was coming on, and to expect young children to wade ten miles daily through the quagmires which thereabouts did duty for roads was absurd. Ho moved, " That in the opinion of this meeting, instant steps should be takeu for the establishment of a school at the Dumbarton Bock."
Mr. R. Kitto seconded, and the motion was put and carried.
Mr. William Kitto, in moving " That a memorial to the Government, representing the facts of the case, should be drawn up, signed and forwarded," remarked that already an offer of a free site for a school had been made. The motion was put and earriecl. With the usual vote to the chair, the proceedings terminated.
We understand a numerously signed memorial has been forwarded to the Government from the heads of families at Dumbarton Bock.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 273, 24 April 1873, Page 6
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334MEETING AT DUMBARTON ROCK. Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 273, 24 April 1873, Page 6
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