TOKAORA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9480, 3 December 1907, Page 5

TOKAORA.

THE STATE SCHOOL.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

I have read "A Tokaora Resident's" letter and your leading article commenting on same. It is in sorrow I must say every word is perfectly true. I have purposely refrained from any reference to our school and its location, for if I reported the true state of affairs I am in doubt if your readers would give me credence that such existed in the Dominion, much less in the midst of a closely settled district such as Tokaora. Some time back (it may be years) when at a meeting of all our settlers it was unanimously resolved that Mr Fred Mills, J.P., be authorised to interview the Education Board and select a site, with power to act, interviews became many, and so little progress was made that Mr Mills threw the whole affair up in disgust, and would not even take a seat on the committee. Later on, during the time h.3 was in charge he leased the present building from the owner, the Board furnishing the building and the settlers paying the first half-year's rent. Since then I have taken a hand in the game, but with very poor results. On Friday last I interviewed our representative, Mr E. Dixon, on the matter. Affairs are just as they were six months ago. Mr Major has been approached; we only received the usual stereotyped reply. The Land Board is partly to blame in the matter for -not hurrying along some transfers.

"LEST WE FORGET."

I am pleased to see the Mayor of Hawera has called a public meeting re Turuturu Mokai. It is to be hoped something of a substantial nature will be done, and the Government be urged to do something tangible for the few survivors of that terrible engagement. T have material enough on hand to furnish your readers with eight to ten columns of reading matter, all about Turuturu Mokai. The weather has been fine lately, cows, crops and gardening hav.e to be attended to, leaving no time for newspaper contributions. Let your residents urge one > another to attend this evening's meeting, and let their watchword be "Lest We Forget."