HOUSEHOLDERS’ MEETINGS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 14978, 26 April 1909, Page 7

HOUSEHOLDERS’ MEETINGS.

THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS. Public meetings of householders will be held in every school district throughout tho dominion at 7.30 p.m. to-day to elect school committees to aot for the ensuing twelve months. By the Education Act it is provided that for schools whose average attendance doea not exceed twentyfive a committee of five members shall be elected, over twenty-five and uqder two hundred, seven members, and over two hundred nine members! In the districts of Christchurch East, Christchurch Wost, St Albans, Sydenham, Linwood North, Waltham, Richmond, Elmwood, Opawa, Addington, Papanui and New Brighton committees of nino are to be elected, and for the smaller schools committees of seven or five, according to the size of the schools. Every adult owner or tenant of a dwelling house in the school district who has resided within tho district for three months, or the father or guardian of any child attending a State school has a right to vote at the meeting of householders, and in mining districts every holder of a miner’s right who has resided in tho district for throe months has a similar privilege. In tho case of married people, if "the husband has a right to voto tho wife also has the right, and if the wife is qualified under tho provisions of the Act to vote,- tho husband is deemed to possess the same qualifiThero are a number of lady candidates offering their services, and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union has issued an appeal to women to vote for candidates of their own sex. A good deal of interest ia being token in the elections, particularly in the smaller districts. TO THE EDITOR. Sir -—The annual .election of School Committees is again close at hand, and it will be the duty of tho parents and householders in the various districts throughout tho dominion to elect suitable men to fill these positions of trust. Yet so far as one can see, there is a total lack of interest in the event. That this should be so is a matter of great regret, for there is nothing of greater importance than the proper management of the primary schools of this country. Wo are in tho enjoyment of a splendid system of education, which is the envy of many in other lands; yet we do not seem to appreciate these advantages as we ought, and I would beg of you to draw the attention, of paronts and householders to the necessity of electing good and suitable men to fill these offices on Monday night. Let every parent decide upon attending this annual meeting, and tako an interest in the selection of the men who have the care of our schools in their charge, and not leave it to a fo\y enthusiasts to do the work.—l am, etc., JAMES ,W. HUNTER.