SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XX, Issue 4479, 27 April 1898, Page 2

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Ashburton

A special meeting of the Borough School Committee was held m the schoolroom previous to the annual meeting of householders. Present — Messrs Macpheraon (chairman), Rule, Silcock, Chapman, Phaup, Uraighead, Steel and Meddins. Besides some formal business transacted the following correspondence was received : —

•• The Education Board of the Disfcrlcb o? North Canterbury, Christchurch, N.Z.> April 20th, 1.898. To D. Macpherdon, Esq.. Chairman, Ashburton Distriob School Com* mitteo, Sir,-^ln reference to your letters o* the 3rd and 26th February and 19. h Marchi with regard to Mr Silcock's protest against the selection of pupil teaqhers, I have the honour by direction of the Board to enclose a copy of letter received from Messrs Garriok and Go. , whom the Board consulted on the matter. In. faoe of the opinion expressed, the Board has agreed to ratify the appointment of Miss Alice Stanley and Mies Olive Meddins as pupil teachers m your main school, subject to the Board's regulations. — I have, etc,, H. C. Lanb, Secretary. »• Christohuroh, April 13th, 1898. The Secretary, Board of Education, Christchurch. Dear Sir, — Referring to your memo of 31/3/98 and correspondence relating to the appointment of two pupil teaehera by the Ashburfcon School Conimifcfcs.a and Mr Siloook'a appeal \a the Board,' roe jj&ks the facta to be as stated m the minutes of the meeting and are of opinion that the action of the Committee was m order. We think. Committees have power over their ewn procedure, and if they make a rule that all questions upon which there is a difference pf opinion shall be determined by ballot, such i rule ip reasonable and good m law and binds the minority, JJut be that aa it may, here, the resolution that five of the candidates should be submitted to the ballot was unanimous, m that there was no dissentients j then the selection from the five was made by ballot. Mr Siloock must be taken to have given a silent vote m favor of the first resolution and having done so he could not complain that it was carried out. There is nothing m the proceedings which calls for the interference of the Board. We return the correspondence. — Yours faithfully, 3AJSBICK, C#WLls%fi r \y & FISHJER."