CORRESPONDENCE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2462, 24 June 1893, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

MEREMERE SCHOOL. To the Editor of the Star. Sir,— l see that your Whakamftrt correspondent bas been taking yon to task re the Meremere school. He seems to be in great tronble leßt a school should be ' built at Meremere, whicb, to say the least, is showing a very selfish spirit. Ha ii well aware tbat if a school is built at Meremere there will be fewer children going to tbe Wbakamara school. Tbe faot of tbe matter is simply tbis: 10 of tbe children have to go to the Whakamar* school because there is none at Meremere ; eight of those children have* over tbretmiles to go to Whakamara, tbe other two five miles each way ; if they went to Meremere to school those eight would only have half the distance, tbe other two about ball a mile, and a flat road instead of a bad and dangerous road through tbe gorge. Then, as to the other obildrba tbat would go to Meremere eohool, then are five in one family who bave had no schooling at all, tbe eldest over 12 yean old. There are five in another family of school age; two go to tbe Whakamara school and the others go without, besides twos and threes in other families, which would take up too much of your space to enumerate. I am quite certain ••Youf Own " from Whakamara would only be pleased, if bis ohildren bad to travel tbrte or five miles to school, to get one nearer at soon as possible. As to the number of children that might attend the Meremare sohool, he need not trouble himself. Hii trouble seems to be if the Meremere sebool is built he will have to put his band into bis pocket to pay the teacher's salary. If the Eduoation Board don't build • sohool at Meremere soon I should consider they are doing tbe settlers a very great injustice. Tbe settlers have felled and grassed over three acres for a school, and yet have many children growing op in ignorance. — I am, &0., Pabsht.