Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1894. BOARD ELECTIONS IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4650, 16 February 1894, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1894. BOARD ELECTIONS IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

SECOND EDITION

We referred in our last issue to the Education Board Election, and suggested that tho spirit raiher than the letter of the Act would bo complied with if the annual eleotion were advertised, ihstead of being conducted on a somewhat obscure circular system, Since then we notice that other Education Boards 'do carry oqt our idea. For example wo dull from a flawke's Bay paper the following announcement . '

Education Office, Napier, February 2nd,' 1891. ' ] Education Aot, 1877," it iV hereby notified that the following parsons have been nominated for eleotion as Members of tho Board of ,the Education District of Hawke's Bay to supply the vacancies caused by retirement by effluxion of time of James Wren Carlile, Esq., Frederick Sutton, Esq., and Thomas Tannor, Esij., asmembers'of tho said Board

PERSONS NOMINATM. [ ' Oahule, James Wbeft ' ' .Cohen, Hyjian Piiinkas Sutton, I'itmmcn Tannkb, Thomas. A meeting ot the Board for the election of Three of the above-named persons will be held on TUESDAY, the 13th day of' March next ensuing, and each duly constituted School Committeo is requested, to send to ine, and addressed " Secretary, Board of Education, Napier," on or before the last day of February instant, a list in writing setting forth the names of not moro than THUEK- of the persons whose namos are notified as abovo as Candidates.'

' " G.T.FANNIN, ■ Secretary. No w wo think there is less likely lo be quibble or question over an eleotion conducted on this basis than over one carried out after the style adopted hj the Wellington Board. We have i : great respect for tlmt Board, but i has a |iermaneut Chairman, a perma nent Secretary, a permanent Inspecto and certain permanent members win form a conglomerate body again® which the ivavecf public opinion take no effect. Its members virtually re produce each other and its decision like the laws- of the Medes aa Persians alter not, There is mncl strength, muoh patronage' and muo advantage in all this, but the tendenc of it all Beems to be in the. direction c concentrating all the advantages o the sjstem in the City of Wellington and h aving, country districts put ii the cold. The distribution evei. o the oapitation grant favours the towi rather than the country. Sohoc Committees in this educational dis trict are practically ciphers anil do no enjoy thai legitimate influence am responsibility which* is ,concede' in other parts of the Colony The Wellington papers heartily ap prove of the policy which gives to th Empire City a complete control of al revenue and patronage, they ar accustomed to endorse all that is don by the Board, and their reports of it periodical gatherings are as oolourles as the conglomerate can' desire. Oi the other liarjd it, may bo concede' th'aWhe chairman', permanent mem bers and officers of the Board are mei )f high character \vho are actuated b, ;ho best inteutions.. But if thei ijmpatbies tend tff foster Wellingtoi ntereJta at the expense ofcountr uterests, it is clearly the duty of tli :ountry settlers to oppose them, At lime when the Wairarapa possesse inly one half the number of represen atives at N the Board whioh it ca egitimately claim, the office, by coa

ducting an election in accordance i with the letter of the law and the jjpiric oi the Board, deprives'this dia- 1 t triot of its chance of evm nominating candidates. We therefore Bay that if l« change is not'iuuSo from within, and we fear the conglbmerate is too for this, a change, must be made from .without and Borne amendment of tltf Act will have to be brought abouK in thooomiog session of Parliament ■ which will place country co.mmittqps on a better footing.