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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21465, 6 May 1935, Page 10

Mr Andrews said the committee mid not met since the MinMer'c visit, and the secretary had not been authorised by the committee or him--1 to."r'Ply to a ".y matter affecting the Minister's visit. Mr Shackle* K-'Ply so far had not the endorsement of the committee. A meetinn would oe called in a few days and the committee's decision would bo convened to the Minister. '/I am very reluctant to speak in tins strain, said Mr Andrews, "but thp a Mi ot ? CCept any suggestion that n gave a e rat U'tous insult to the committee. Instead he opened our eyes to the grip he'had of the situation," MINISTER'S REPLY ''l o.\ 11-ATION ]'"()l'\]>),;]) TACT" I lie attitude that his remark 1 ' reported in "The Press" on Thursday, about the memorandum sent fo him by the West Christchurdi District High School Committee were founded on fact, was taken by the Minister for Education, the Hon. S G. Smith, in replying last night to the statement by Messrs C. D. W. L. Sheppard and S. R. Evison, published in "The Press" on Saturday, that lie had offered a "gratuitous insult" to the committee. Mr Smith, who is slaying at the Waiho Gorge, was asked by telephone to comment on the remarks of Messrs Sheppard and Evison, who were members of a deputation that waited on him on Wednesday to urge that a higher status should be given to the school. "At the moment," said the Minister. "all that I wish to say is that before dealing with the representations that were made by the deputation. I referred to a circular that had been sent to me after my arrival in Christchurch. I expressed surprise that although this circular was comprised of from six or seven pages of typewritten matter, the first five pages did not contain any reference to the interests of the children so far as the presentation of the case was concerned. "This statement I repeat," Mr Smith said, "and I am s'.'f* in;;' the circular were submitted to anyjudicial authority of their -own