THE NEVIS SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
(TO THE EDITOR OF TIIK DITXSTAN TIMES.) S[R -As you puMiskel in Ins' - week's Tit.cs a from the Elucir.iou B ian’s lass inoet-iii" mm in :. [ will ask if you wiU l.e i*M»d on nigh. in justice to mo, to pn'dish ? hj ymui-r, «.f t.ho Nevis S *h.M>l Co u.iiifct**e respse in»it. (You will see the report in the loss Cromwell Ar:us ) I have commncol 10311 proceedings Elliot, as CnirnuM of S vnol (jo nfor his conduct in the nutter, viz., for hiving witten a defamtory lecher to the Education Board without the know--1« I to of his c illeagues. The terms of reparation are tint Ellioc pay into the fouls of Ominwuil Hospital the sum of ESO, and withdraw the letter from tlie E hi-ation B»ard, aekn nvie 1 .•in.' it was sent thruuh malice and wi'.lioufc the Unowied :e or consent of tin Sc mol Committee, and pay my solicitor; or criminal proceedings will be instituted.—Yours very truly, S A. Potter. Sclioolhouso, Nevis, Dec. llr.h, 1310. The following is the Oonwcll Arbus’ report of the meeting reforre I to : K sped d * onvniltea mooting wis hel I at the Schmdhmsc, Nevis, in Saurdiy. s*ce. Ist. Members pro- I 'i* rlurles Kuril, John S low. Andrew Williamson, and Snutcl Oiirke. Mr Wdli a.u so iw ;s voted to Id;* ch dr. A c >;> vof i letter from the Edneitin i !»> tr*l, written be’Willi mi llmt, •li lirai ui of lii * <:diul Co u uittoe, wis re id, when the fall >wi.rr res d.in ns wore pro josc-d an'l irr.ed un ini nously Wo, menhirs of ens Solnnl Committee, hiving re id with disr ist n conv of an ti itnuiiful letlcr, beir-nr dite of -ovo liber I2t’n, writtei by oar '’hdr nui, Wdlini Kind, to the Kdue di no.rd w.'thrat our k.mvb !oo or consent, and s'n rurally r Hcctiasf on the teichor, iesdvo— hit Wlliaii Elliot with draw the sal letter front rii • ••’.ilue «ti-u R» irj, and th it ho s,m I in forth wall his resignation a* ch iir uui I) this ch vd Co.n u:tteo. Kcf-rria.T to tin Mdicitin Hoird's rcnnrt of November 27th. we ros »ke - fit v tho-e is not the le ,st necessity for an e:i piir - into the false ch irges of Mr Elliot against the tc idler. Resolved—lint this {’oT.nvttee rceomme d the Education Moird to tike :utl ».i, ae son as cuvonio.it and report to the prop.?*-<pi irter re:o»i mending th it a speoi.d dl-qu dificatioi cl .use be ad le I lo the Kleeti >ii Act, wherebr members of School onmittccs will he dis,pi .lifted for re-election or disnissi, if round railrv of corrcspondi "r with Eluc itio.i Roads in their o!fi:: d c >picity, widiaut the sanciioa or knowledge of their cad nernes. Kenolved —Hi it tne Scerctu*y furnish copies of this nnetingV rosohnio is to the Kdun itlo i R »ird, to Mr ililiot. and to the editor of the Cromwell Argus for public itMia. (Signed) John Snow, See. pro tern.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 922, 19 December 1879, Page 3
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508THE NEVIS SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Dunstan Times, Issue 922, 19 December 1879, Page 3
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