MAURICEVILLE NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3576, 1 August 1890, Page 3

MAURICEVILLE NOTES.

'■'..'■> '!«-/.< '.(Bv'-Kusiio.).-.-,:--, .■'• '-'■:< : v m linn y lasUqrtespondenoe 1' think i*f , Ipromised-to :iot you know the V x«niUof.th9meeiiiigQftbe Manrioe--yiiie Hast School Committoe, whioh tookpkoin tho, B «hool room on Saturday last. That the affairs of the •■Committeo have f reached a crisis is evident, and that somiwe-flrraiigom&iit will have to be eflfeoted in order to resume business is also evident, and the sooner such ro-arrangeuients are ' conaummited the bettor for all concerned. Where tho fault lies it would ! perhaps be invidious to say hero, but fromwhatlcan learn thero U a split in the Committee, four being tn one sido and three on the other, Uie Chairman being in the minority. 2» majority complain that the firman bas been-working in tho dirk, that he has misrepresented tho feelings of the Committee to the department with reference to tho teaober, and that ho refuses, to furnish copies of such correspondence when asked to do so. It is proper dk perhaps to mention here that three ~ out of the four who form the majority aro single men. The Chairman (who is an aged voteran. and, whose descendants, if collected, would covor nearly iiiue acres of ground] refuses to be dictated to bypeople who bavo uV not the. courage to; marry, and •A at the last meeting ho read an ex-- • extract from a olause of the Education Act as to what constituted a house--bolder within the meaning of the Act, after whioh bo deolared one of the young men disqualified aud ■ ordered him to • leave the. room or furnish proof that he was a householder. The "gentleman referred to remindod the Chairman that the - burden of proof as to Lis not being a householder rested on him, the acouser, and smilingly kept his seat. The Chairman again ordered h'im to leave the room, whore upon his friends came to bis rescue, a wordy war ensued, the Chairman was called to order, rebuked, and thundered at in a way that made the old A housetotter, Scathing sarcasms as ~- to his own position as a householder '• were indulged in, after which the old man buttoned his coat, seized the minute book in one band and a copy ,of the Act in the other, and stalked defiantly out of the room, followed by ; his two colleagues, amidst roars of i laughter from those within. The residue of the committee then voted ' disqualified man to the chair, ' ww who drew up a letter to ',be Board ; which was signed by four of tbe ] committee, asking the Board for advice on matter after which they adjourned It is difficult to forsee what will be the outcome of all this, but it is thought probable that a meeting of the householders will be convened to determine the matter, and as your rustio intends to keep you informed • of passing events here, I will perhaps refer to the subjtot another time.