EDUCATION BOARD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 287, 6 December 1893, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD.

To Tin-; Editouoi" thi. "Evhsi.Ni; Mail.' 1 till;, — I wi.uld like to correct aa error ii your repurt of yesterday* uieutirjg of the E-lucation Board, wi'ereiu you wake it ap.

pear that I opposed the motion for Mi?s Annie Deck's nppiintment, when th? cm-t-ary is true. Your report also does not nr-iko my position clear with rcgara to the Ngatimoti school difficulty. The Ngatimoti people, speaking hrondly, nre in favour of having a school at AVhits's Junction, as this would meet their needs. F,r at least eighteen menths they have been agitating for this, and for a variety of pretexts the Bo.rd has from time to time pcstpoiud the matter to the grea' annoyance and loss of those intc rested. No valid reason exists wby the pe>ple of Xgatimoti should not have their wishes regarded without further delayi I emphatically supported thi*. No doubt the p-psen f master would suffer some diminution in sal try from the proposed change, but t 'is a trifling matter, compared to tho well-being cf a considerable number of children, who are at present hindered from attending the school by re .son of distance. The Ng^ t m ti householders have beea very long-auiFenrg in this m t'er, and my reason for moving for the dismissal of the Board's Sub-comm-ittee was that they had fiiiltd ou fit least three different occisions to keep their appointments to confer with the Ngn!,iin )ii School Committee, Besides, at least four m .mb'rs of the Board are well acquainted with the district, — I am, elc , Wm, Lock.