EDUCATION BOARDS.
APPORTIONING OF SEATS. PROPOSED CHARGES. I DISAPPROVAL IX WELLIXGTOX. ! (By Telegraph— Press Assoeintion.) WELLIXGTOX, this day. ' A proposed change in the present j method of apportioning seats on eduj cation boards, and which, according to I the Education Department, has ul'Pii j found inequitable, was discussed by the Wellington Education Board today. A letter from the Department siateil that (he Minister of Education was considering the question of amending the Act in several directions, but before proceeding further wished caeli board to consider the proposals so far as they affected its district, and the Minister would consider any suggestions received within a month from date. The general effects of proposal? would be to reduce the number of members in I most of the districts, to give rural districts better representation, and to apportion representation more equitably. After the hoard had ascertained from the Department that it. was hoped the matter would be pushed through this session, discussion on the proposal took place, during which members expressed disapproval of the suggested change.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 145, 20 June 1923, Page 7
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173EDUCATION BOARDS. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 145, 20 June 1923, Page 7
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