BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 4291, 22 February 1884, Page 3

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The weekly meeting of tho above body was held thisafternoon, there being present—Messrs S. Luke (In the chair), J. W. Can-, D. Goldio, D. 11. MoKenzie, F. J. Moss, and Theo. Cooper. Paknem, Assistant Mastership.—A lotter was received from Messrs Winks, Robinson, and Ireland (members of Committoo) requesting the Board to appoint a Chairman of tho Committeo and a second master to the School, as tho Committee was unable to do anything through a deadlock.—Letters were 11130 received from the othor three inembors of Committee, Mo>sra Coburn, Croseior, and Taylor, and the members of tho late Committee — The Chairman proposed in order to bring matter, to an Brno that Mr Webber should bo appoint el second master, seeing that fa had been ric-mmcndertbj- the inspector.*--^- JitcKenzie s conded.—Tho Chairman submitted two pc 1 tions from parents of children' attending the Parnell School, protesting against the pro«o3i d appointment of Mr Talbot. — Mr Buc-kl nut pointed out that at the annual meeting, winch was largo'y attended, a committee wis elected, the majority of whom were favourable lo Mr Talbot—Mr McKenzie said that that was no tost, as ho folt suro that those cominituo men were returned by a small section of those presont. He was sorry to say that tho Parnoll School did not occupy the position which, as a suburban school, it should hold—Mr (..oldie pointed ont that two successive Comiflttecs had desided in Mr Talbot's favour, and yot i» was now proposed to override their judgment—lt was agreed to postpone the matter for a week, in order to allow the Committee to meet in the interim for the purpose of electing a Chairman, it being understood that, falling this, the Board would appoint a second master.—Mr Moss took exception to certain statements with regard to him in tho lettor of the late Committee, and said that they were founded upon an inaccurate report in the "Herald" of the remarks made by him at a previous moeting.'-Mr Winks, who was orcsont, said that tho section of the present Conimlttco which he represented would be satisfied with the Board s appointment of a ChaJr.nan and second'mnstcr. They would not consent lo the appointment of tt.O;latc[Chairman seeing that lie was disqualified through being insolvont-Tho matter then dropped. Personal Matters.-a loiter was received, enouiring whether or not contractors under the Board were qualified to act as commltttie men. as the answer returned by the Board to his enquiry had been contradicted by theY" Herald." -Mr Buckland explaned that he had drawn attention at a previous meet-. i g to tho statement in tho "Herald "that the Board had ruled that the Ohlnemuri contractor Zs disqualified, whereas it had ruled that vlie contractor teas not disqualified. Thereupon the "Herald " had attacked him in a very violent and unmanly manner, and, while persisting in its erroneous statement, had Recused him of a wilful intention to mislead his fcllow-mombors. It was this funo, attack that led him, at the Board's hut mating, to BUggest that the writer of the '•Herald" who was responsible for this should X.. miicklv convoyed out to tho Whau.-^lt was^recd to"inform Mr Mitchell that the Contractor was not disqualifled.-Mr Cooper S out that the reporters laboured B„. exceptional difllcultics. through be n . obliged £T report In a part of'the .oom from whfeh it was extremely difficult to hear what was said by the members of the Boa d.-Mi-Moss Complained that the "Herald last week _.rcdlted them with some remarks which \.eie made by Mr O'Donoghue.-It was tacitly agrc. d that an effort should bo made to p'acc the reporters in future in a moro convenient position for reporting.