CHOOL COMMISSIONERS V. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1202, 11 March 1880, Page 3

CHOOL COMMISSIONERS Y. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

A GKOAN' I ROM Th AWAMUTU. Sir, Editor, I cra\e a space ! Your columns I will not disgrace, It )ou'll allow me to recall, What happened in our public hall. The day for electing committee was named, The attendance was sparse, -which " our chairman " much blamed, And " greatly regretted " " that so very few Householders were active in Te A'mutu .' " Mr " He " to " our c h.iirman " he says says he A commissioner no\v,l should much like to be. The idea it was striking — "our chairman" appro^ ed In a twinkling proposed, and then finally moved " That this, meeting " (which numbered at outside, twice three) Nominate — as commissioners — friends " Him " and " He," 'Tis true that they had not then asked " Him " to be A commissioner— yet they hoped he would agree. To " our chairman " "He " said "If this fa\or jou'lldo" " If you make me commissioner, I'll stick to you As I c\ cr ha\ c done, through thick and through thin," " I will satisfy you, and will regulate" " Him ; " Then "our chairman" he answered "Well! let it be," " You shall be a commissioner if you sen c me." Says " He" " its my due, you remember, I'm sure," " How together we toiled, in committee, of yore," " How we (almost) succeeded in having our way," " And at anyrate brought our late colleagues to bay ; " " You must also remember ' He ' said says 4 He,' " " How I strove, long ago, to be made a J.P." " And how that was prevented by Lawyer G." They consulted the Act, found themselves in a fix, Their plans were not sanctioned by Sec. sixty-six, Which enacts " That unless, two defaults shall be made" " To elect a committee, commission is stayed : " But still notwithstanding, "He" says, says " He," "Tho' I can't be J.P., I'll commissioner be." To "our chairman" he went, with a \cry long face, The commission's in danger ! ' I'w ill be a disgrace! Said " our chairman " you're safe enough ! " I'll go to Rice In Auckland, and ask for his useful advice : " Then said " He " to " our chairman, "He" said, says "He," " I know you can work it, how happy I'll be." A subsequent date for a meeting was fixed, Non-householders and householders, carefully mixed, Non-electors too, voted ; — the meeting was "packed," "No committee appointed," tho' " willing to act : " And as " He " then presided "He " sajs, says "He," 'i he scholastic department will now vest in me." The Hoard down in Auckland, decided 'tis true, Ihat " altho' the proceedings were scarcely ' true blue,' With school matters at Te A'mutc not to be 'bored,' " And from this fact alone our commissioner "scored : " But some of us householders say, say we, What can we expect from a man sue h as " He." V.h.R.