THE HERALD'S EDUCATION ARTICLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8538, 11 April 1891, Page 5

THE HERALD'S EDUCATION ARTICLE.

VIEWS OF THE AUCKLAND INSPECTORS. The following letter from the Inspectors in regard bo the Herald's education article of the 7th February, was read at a meeting of the Auckland Board of Education yesterday : — ;■■ i; . - , Auckland, April 2, 1891. Sir,—We have the. honour to state, in reply to the letter from the Hon. the Minister of Education of February 23rd, that we do not conoider the criticism contained in the newspaper article referred to as either accurate or just when applied to the large majority of the children under instruction in .the public schools. Suggestions have been made from time to time by the inspectors of schools in this and other districts tor the removal of defects in the working of the Education Act: we are not prepared at present to make any other recommendations. —We have, etc., John S. Goodwin, Walter Henry Airy, Jas. C. Dickinson, Richard Crowe, Inspectors. Mr. Moat moved, "That the consideration of the report be deferred for a week, so that they might have time to consider the matter." The motion was adopted.

WELLINGTON NE WS NOTES.

[by TELEGRAPH. own CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Friday. ministerial movements. The Hon. Mr. Buckley (Colonial Seoretary) left Wellington this morning for New Plymouth en route to Auckland, where he is to bo Minister in attendance upon the Governor. The reason assigned for his visit is the necessity of his making a quorum for an Executive Council meeting. THE FREEZING! AND SHIPPING CONFERENCE. I am informed that the Conference, through its Auckland delegate, has submitted a proposition to the shipping companies to reduce the freight from a penny farthing per pound weight to a penny. The gross revenue from the freezing trade distributable among the persons interested amounts to halt a-million ; so that a farthing reduction would represent a hundred thousand pounds. The shipping companies are stated to be willing to reduce the freight to a penny and an eighth, which is a concession to the extent of fifty thousand pounds. The freezing companies, however, want a concession of sixty-five thousand. The shipping companies made the stipulation of five years for the new contracts; bub this was not allowed, and they are now willing to accept a term of throe years. The result of the Conference is this : that Mr. Caverhill has; received authority from the Conference to treat with the shipping companies upon the basis left undecided fey the Conference. I understand there is little doubt that freights for frozen meat will be reduced from a penny farthing to a pneny and an eighth. THE CASE OP JUDGE EDWARDS. All the old stories in connection with this case are revived. It is again stated that the Government will bring in a Bill to declare the appointment invalid. But its extremely doubtful whether such a bill would have the effect desired, seeing that no charge of conduct " against good behaviour" is' likely to be formulated. The writ quo warranto will undoubtedly make a case for appeal to the Privy Council, but the question there would be more likely to turn upon the validity of the Governor's power to make the appointment. Moreover the now proposal fails to discover the defect in the appointment of the otherjudges, upon which, it is said, Mr. Edwards relies for the regularity in form of his own commission.