TEACHERS' SALARIES COMMISSION.

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TEACHERS' SALARIES COMMISSION.

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By Mr Gilfedder: He thought that the work done by a female* teacher could not be compared with work of

a man. By Mr Hill: He did not think that the old capitation of C 4 ..,/ too high. At the capitation of £4 ihe Auckland Board could not pay on so generous a scale as the proposed scheme allowed. He thought £80 per annum too high for junior assistants, and would like to see a proportion added to country teachers' salaries. By Mr'Weston: Theoretically he favoured the centralisation of inspectors at Wellington, but thought that no Board would cart' to part with them. The chief ii ■ in favour of a colonial scale was . ..*! it could not be varied without action by the Legislature. Teachers all desired a colonial scale. Pupil teachers wero doing too much work for their own good, and their training was not sufficiently thorough. Pupil teachers should receive two years secondary education before entering the profession. By Mr liogben: The cost of living in different parts of the Auckland district varied, just as it did in various parts of the colony, and this difference could not be held as a fatal objection to n colonial scale. It would be less trouble, to base salary on a year's average, but. it would be unfair to teachers in rapidly rising 1 districts.