LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1054, 4 June 1869, Page 3

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

i I'he ! <iito'r joes not hold himself responsiblefcM ..'j- " .: opiniong expressed by correspondents. ; ftH ■- observe in; your paper of the 28fchM ■ ult.', MTi^ArroW's lelr^l 1 on the subject onH > the Educational rate. Without wishingH i to ; canvass, the m^rifca^ of his prpposecM , scheme,' or to : offer any cynical remarks™ » on a letter which reflects in no small de-H > gree the disinterested patriotism of th©H s writer r I may : venturei'to state that there ■ i are other important matters involved in the ■ i education question ihan the mere coh-B sideration of .the kind of rate that would ■ be most palatable, td which that gentleman ■ does not refer,— -such as the desirability H of a reduction of school i^es ; of the duties I ' and powers of Trustees toeing more clearly I defined ; and of the absolute necessity of fl a more effective supervision of Govern? 1 inent schools, which would -insure their 1 not being occlipieii by jOtlier thaa com- I petent teach era!, '" / ,/ ' . __■■ :■ Admitting thaV an education rate is" 1 highly necessary— a proposition I believe I generally conceded^yet a rate, whether I ■ uniform or otherwise, y?ill continue tojt meet with ppp6siti6nj;Unless such chatiges I . as those indicated are made, and the pub* I lie assured that the coDOLmon schools of j the province can no longer be stigmatised. jJ , as a mere " refa'ge for Jhe destitute." — I .am, &c, :: ~ ' r , .. . . .' r / : A ( HousEHOLDisa. ]