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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 200, 8 May 1902, Page 1

A deadlock is likely to occur in tlie administration of the affairs of tho borough of Parnell. The Council recently recommended the raising of a loan of ,£15,000 for tho completion of the Drainage Board and placing tlm Btreetd in repair. A ballot on the lc-in resulted in the rejection of the proportion by a large majority. Five of tho councillors have resolved that the decision is tantamount to a vote of want. of confidence, and announce that they intend to resign at the next meeting oj tho Council. Tho threatened prosecution of parents whose children attend private schools for not sending them to public schools led the principals of several private schools to apply at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board for exemption under the School Attendance Act. Certificates of exemption were granted. Mr McKen/.ie raised the question of examination of pupils attending private schools by the Board's Inspector. The chairman did not think the Board should do it. The Education Department should undertake the work. Mr McKenzie suggested that private schools might be asked to contribute towards the cost of examination. The chairman said that the Korean Catholics had declined. If the Board undertook the examination of private schools it would mean a large expense. A member was of opinion that the time was coming when all these schools would be inspected by Government Inspectors, and there would be grants to all denominational schools. It was coming as surely as day followed night. The matter then dropped.