PUBLIC MEETING AT REMOERA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7514, 18 December 1885, Page 5

PUBLIC MEETING AT REMOERA.

A public meeting of the residents of Remuera was held in the social hall last evening, to consider the educational requirement* of the district. On the motion of Mr. Larkins. seconded by Mr. Newman, Mr. IV. F. Buckland, M.H R., was unanimously voted to the chair.—Tho Chairman read the advertisement convening the meeting, and then stated that Mr. C Rhodes had taken an active part in agitating for a separate educational district for Remuera. and he called upon that gentleman to explain what he considered desirable in the interest af education in the Romuera district.—Mr. Rhodes briefly explained that, as the Hobson School Committee was at present constituted, Kemuera had practically no voice in the administration of its affairs, as he was the only one really representing Remuera. He moved, "That it is desirable to have a separate district for Remuera, to be called the Mount Hobson School District, the boundaries of which should be coterminous with the boundaries of the Remuera Road Board district."—Mr. Brownhill seconded the motion.—Messrs. Larkins and Newman argued in favour of substituting the name Remuera for Mount Hobson, and Mr. Newman moved an amendment to that effect.—Mr. Hudson seconded the amendment, which was passed unanimously.—Mr. Larkins spoke of his own action in the past, aa it was nearly seven years since he had agitated for a school at Remuera, but bad then been unable to accomplish his purpose. Ho recognised the educational necessities to be now greater than they were at the time alluded to, and he hoped that the present agitation would not cease until they had accomplished their purpose. He moved, "That the large area over whioh the district of Remuera extends makes it a p-jnance that children have to walk to I school at Newmarket, a distance of two or three miles."—Tho Rev. Mr. Whewell seconded the motion.—Mr. Hudson also spoke very strongly in favour of it. He stated that the children could not attend the school on wet days, and he considered the status Remuera had on the committee clearly indicated the necessity of the change asked for by the resolution. motion was earned unanimously.—Mr. Rhodes explained the reason why the meeting was hurriedly called, which was in consequence of a letter which would appear before the Board of Education to-day, and he felt that the meeting should send a deputation to represent its views to tne Board. He moved, " That a deputation, consisting of tho Chairman, and Messrs. Larkins, Newman, Brownhill, and tho mover, wait upon the Board of Education in order to urge upon that body the great necessity of giving immediate effect to the foregoing resolutions."-Before putting the resolutions, the Chairman stated that lie believed the time was coming when greater responsibilities in the administration of the education of the country would devolve on the local bodies, hence it was all the more necessary that, where practical, the educational districts should be defined by the boundaries of the Road Boards or other local governing bodies.—Mr. Rhodes stated that when Mr. Lennox retired from the Mount Hobson School Committee, he wrote to the committee suggesting names of Remuera gentlemen as hignly eligible, but this was totally ignored, and a Newmarket man appointed.—A vote of thanks to the Chairman brought the meeting to a close.