POSITION OF TEACHERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 92, 20 April 1911, Page 3

POSITION OF TEACHERS.

ANOMALY EEGARDING CERTIFIGATES. SUGGESTIONS FEOM OTAGO. ! DUNEDIN, l&th April.. [ At a meeting of the Education Board | to-day a memorandum 'to ihs following effect was presented by Chief Inspector Richardson : — "Some young teachers Id the board's service have passed examinations for certificates, b'ufc by the regulations controlling the issue of certificate* thc&s teachers do nob receive them till they are twenty-one yearsi of age. Meanwhile they are treated as uncertificated teachers, and' they cannot be permanantly employed. They therefore* ' have from- 5 to 50 per cent, lower salaTy and cannot become contributors to tho t«aeheTs' superannuation fund. The loss of salary is serious in itself, but the effect of the last disability is that they Jose from one to two years of service-. The inspectors are of opinion that thes» are suffering injustice, and' recommend, the board to bring the facts under the notice of the department." The recommendation was, adopted. CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS. The question of correspondence schools for, ltncertificated teachers was also repoHed on. by Mr. Richardson, who pointed out that to provide tuition by correspondence for forty-six unqualified teachers in the board's service would involve an outlay of £300, and if provision was to be- mad* for tb* tuition ,of fifty-four partially qualified teachers, an. additional sum of £150 would be involved, which sums were beyond the Tesources of the board. The inspectors recommended that the board bring the circumstances under the notice of the department and urge the necessity of making p-ro vision for assisting such teachers, either by establishing correspondence sehccls or by making an allowance which would enable the board to establish them. It was decided that the board place before the Education Department the urgent necessity for estaorkhing a central school of correspondence for the assistance of uncertificated teachers throughout the Dominion, anil that all other education board® bo asked to urge the matter upon tiie department. SAWMILL EMPLOYEES. CHRISTCHURCH, 19th April. At the Sawmill Employees' Conference a remit that the President of the Court of Arbitration be elected instead- of appointed, and that he he not a Judge of the Supreme Court, was negatived, -no delegate voting for it. The conference affirmed the principle of statutory unconditional preference to unionists, and agreed to remits that forty-four hours should constitute a week's work, that the Government bo urged to extend the State sawmills, coal and firewood yards, and establish yards to regulate the price of timber ; that reafforestation be urged upon the Government. , ■ t ' A remit "raising the question of the union joining one or other of the labour federations was struck out. Tb<J Jljners' Federation " was severely criticised and termed "a rabble" "and "a revolutionary mob." It was' agreed fhafc unions.' affiliated to the Sawmillefs* Federation should consider the advisableness of joining the Trades. Councils Federation of .Labour. It -was decided to protest strongly against the Government's' immigration policy/ • ■ • ■• The next conference will be' held- at Timaru next Easter. ■ THEFT OF WAGE MONEY. DUNEDIN, 19th April. A married man named Arthur Cant, who' was in charge of the labour department of the -Union Steamship' Company, gave, himself up. to the police today in connection with the thef t> 'of £116, the property of the company. It is understood he was given £160 to pay off the, crew of the Koromiko, and appropriated £116 to pay his own debts! TO ENCOURAGE, YACHTING. AUCKLAND, 19th April. With" a view to reviving interest in class yacht racing, the Governor, Lord Islington, has intimated to the Commodore of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Mr. -Bloomfield,' his intention to present , a challenge trophy to the squadron for competition. Under rules for the time being in force the trophy will bo devoted to one of the metre class, , which ha* been adopted for special encouragement by ihe squadron, and the class will be decided on by the committee as early as convenient. N.Z. LABOUR PARTY SITS IN PRIVATE. , CHRISTCHURCH, 19lh April. ! The conference of the New Zealand Labour Party opened this evening. Air. I R. Slater was elected chairman und Mr. H. Hunter secretary. It \ras decided to exclude newspaper reporters