ENGAGEMENT OF TEACHERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 271, 13 November 1909, Page 7

ENGAGEMENT OF TEACHERS.

i JUDGMENT LN TEST CASE. CBj Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. A case of great importance and interest to the Education Boards and public ! school teachers of New Zealand was de- I cided by Judge Edwards in the Supreme Court to-day, when he delivered judgment in a test case, Kew Zealand Educational I Institute versus Marlborough Education I Board. The defendant board in recent years i adopted the system of engaging ite teachj ers from year to year, and only on these I terms. Action was brought by the InstiI tute to ascertain if such system was in accordance with statutory legislation. It ' was contended on behalf of the defendant j boardjtthat the matter was one of con- j tract; that engagements expired by effluxion of time and not by dismissal, as suggested. The Court held that the system of the Marlborough Board was a breach of the Education Act, and beyond the power and authority of the board, on the ground that by their system the provisions as to appeal, consultation of com- ■ mittee upon the termination of a teach- i er's engagement, and the superannuation ! scheme, which provisions are statutory ' rights conferred upon teachers and com- j mittees, are ignored and rendered, if the ■ system is effective, inapplicable to j teachers employed by the defendant j board. |