CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 423, 2 February 1875, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE.

A meeting of the househo ders of -this district -waan held iti the school-room on Saturd iy last for the | jjui pose of electing a committee tor the ensuing twelve months. Tnere were very few present, i After a chairman had been elected the [report of the commjfctee f'Qr tha previous year w* » read, from *vhica it appeared that it had been thought tic to dUv^harge the master of the school. Mr jfreinuer made i statement of w.iat had tkken place" with regard m his dismissal, aud very plainly shewed that he iad not been treated in a straightforward, nor evei. vi a legal manner, by the coAJSlee ; or to uae hit. expression* by that clique \>f the committe who were opposad to him. Mr Brqmner read a letter from tue cliaiuman of the school committee requesting him to resign, with the alternative of dismissal, aud then as an after thought asking him to meet the committee ou the 26th December, and ariange matters amicably, Mr Bretmur, owing to previous arrangements, was unable to be in Cambridge on the 26th December, and wrote to the comoiittee informing them of his inability to attend their meeting. Oa the 28th of the same mouth he saw Mr McVeigh, one of the committee, who informed him that his letter had been received by the CO oimittee, but that no resolution had been come to with regard to his resignation or disoiiss.il. On the 3rd of January, Mr vßrernner received a letlor which, a3 coming the chairman of a school committee was (j^jmnsably un^runmatical, informing him that at the "meting held on the 26th it had besu agreed to dismiss him. This in face of Mr McVeigh's statement that no conclusion had been arrived at on the 26th. Mr Brenner before receiving that letter had sent his resignation both to i he Board of Education aud to the School Cjminittee. Ihe committee have all through the atf.iir acted illegally and in direct contravention of that clause of the Act wuich relate 3 to the dismiss il of teachers. To put a finishing touch to this very agreeable meeting, Mr J. P. Campbell, who bad previously proposed the adoption of the rep > t iut moved that a vote of thanks should be te.uL.e I to Mr Brenner for the very satisfactory way .n which he had conducted the school since his appointment. I forgot to mention that there was some difficulty in getting five persons who were willing to act as committee men. one of the late committee having stated that the Board of Eluc&tion, although drawing over £300 annually from the district, won d not grant a single p. nny fox school furniture, (fee, although r<scom mended Itykktheir own Inspector. Finally, however, a commiltae was chosen, consisting of Messrs Athgle, Campbell, Miller, Richardson and Wright, of w{jop I believe Mr Wright was elected chairman. j -y