IRELAND'S RECRUITS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 145, 19 June 1918, Page 2

IRELAND'S RECRUITS.

GOOD RESPONSE FOR NAVY. i .'■ (Received 2.20 p.m.') I LONDON, June IS. t A parkde of naval recruits-in- Dublin j "' streets aroused much attention in view ; .' of predictions that the appeal' for me-\ cruits" would fail.. Naval recruiting officers say that their visits to the J counties have everywhere been well I.received. —(United Service.) i m APPOINTMENT CRITICISED TRAINING COIJ.EGEYPRXNCIPAL ' EDUCATION BOARD" DEBATE. '" ' " .At the meeting of the Auckland Edu- J cation Board this morning Mr F. W. Brihsden- - moved, according to notice: "That the resolution passed by the Board f at its meeting on December 12 last, : regarding the appointment of a principal j of the Training College, be rescinded, and J that applications be invited by advertise-1 ment for the appointment of a temporary I principal of the Training College for the duration of- the war and 12 months there-1, after, the successful appiirant to take up I his duties at the beginning of the next j college year." I The mover stated that the fact that the I position had not been advertised when tbe \ principal (Mr. S. A. E. Milnes) was killed in action, had produced touch dis- 1 satisfaction amongst tbe teachers. 1 Mr., R. C- Smith seconded the motion. MrS'Q. W. Murray opposed 'the motion* on thebgrouud that tbe present principal I (Mr. "H. G. Cousins) held only a war J appointment, which he had accepted I tinder pressure upon the death of Mr. I Milnes. Mr. Cousins, be said, had 1 worked most efficiently under Mr. Milnes I . as headmaster of the Normal School, and [ iris work at present was entirely satis-1 factory. It would be fatal to interfere ■with the administration of the college in i tie middle of tbe present session. I Hon. G. J. Garland also opposed the I motion, which he said was prompted by j personal bitterness. Mrs. F. E. Baume said that she would support a strict adherence to the Board's I. policy that all positions should be adver-1 tised—a policy that had been followed in 1 ihe case of the Board secretaryship, al-1 though the acting-secretary had been in j the Board's service for thirty years. She 1 had nothing personal against Mr. Cousins; she was certain that he would I get the position if it Were advertised. In I any case, he was secure in his position as 1 principal of the Normal School. I - The chairman pointed out that Mr. Cousins had been retained in his position I •of acting-principal after Mr. Milnes' death with the approval of the Minister, the Board having taken this course on l the recommendation of the Advisory Com- I mittee. As a member of that committee I lie felt that he could not support a ~ motion condemning its decision. The motion was carried by five votes to I . three, Messrs. A. Burns, R. C. Smith, F. I W. Brinßden and J. S. Bond and Mrs. I Baume supporting it. The noes were the chairman and Messrs. G. J. Garland and G. W. Murray. ■— I