POWERS OF COMMITTEES
Addressing a deputation from the Wellington School Committees'. Association to-day, the .Minister of Education said that he valued expressions of opinion from the committees, ■which were directly representative of the parents of the children, and took an active interest in the work a lnd gave practical advice. Some boards seemed to rather ■resent Ids coming into touch with the committees!, but the committees were statutory bodies, and he would continue to see them. He had always appreciated the work of the committees,' and had never favoured their abolition, and he was rather surprised to read a statement by Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., chairman of the Taranaki Association, that the committees liad better beware or the Minister would abolish them. Either Mr. Smith had been misinformed or. he had been niisreported. Mr. A. J. White said that Mr. Smith had been misreported. The Minister said that he -would not be a party to any changes involving the abolition of the committees, or a curtailment of their powers. His intention ■would be rather to Increase their duties and responsibilities.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 16, 21 July 1921, Page 8
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