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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8538, 11 April 1891, Page 8

■*• Electoral. ________ U B'L'IO NOTICE. «In pursuance of Section 22 of " The Education Act, IS77,'' I, RICHARD UDY, as Chairman of tho Education Board of the District of Auckland, do hereby publicly notify that the Committees of the Several School Districts have transmitted the names of the following parsons qualified to till tho vacancy caused in the said Board by the resignation of Mr. David Goldie, namely — WILLIAM BLYTIIE BUCKHURST . ERNEST WILLIAM BURTON OCTAVIUS THOMAS HEARNE GERALD LOFTUS PEACOOKE And in like pursuance of the said Section 22,1.d0 hereby appoint THURSDAY, the fourteenth (14th) day ot May, 1801, as the day on which each Committee sh;ill send in the name of one of the persons so notified. And in further pursuance of tho said Section, I do hereby appoint FRIDAY, the fifteenth (loth) day of May, 1801, as the day on which the Election of a Member to till the said vacancy shall he held. It. UDY, Chairman of the Education Board of the District of Auckland. April 10th, IS9I. __^ mO THE CHAIRMEN AND MEMJL BEES OF COMMITTEE OF THE EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT Ob' AUCKLAND. ■ Firth's Old Mill, 75, Queen-street, Auckland, N.Z., oth April, 1.-91. , Gkktlemrn,— Several country settlors in different districts, unsolicited on my part, have done me the honour to request that I should become a candidate for election to the Board of Education, to till the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. David Goldie. 1 would therefore very respectfully ask your vote and interest on my behalf. I will premise by saying I am entirely unconnected with any occupation that can receive any benefit from my being on the Board ; I have no connections or relatives in its employ, and am unacquainted in private life with any of its permanent officers. Founding my application for your votes on the grounds of having been trained ill London as a normal school teacher, bail experience in military schools at Home and India, and charge of three schools under tho Auckland Board (whoso employ I Jeft two years since to enter into business), I think I may venture to say I know something about the educational system of the Auckland district. In addition, when visiting the Continent of Europe from time to time I have tried to make myself acquainted with the elementary and regimental school methods of Germany and Fiance. As a teacher under the Auckland" Board, my standard examinations were always very successful. My change of. school on each occasion w,is pioinotlon, and I received a highly satisfactory certificate as to conmict and ability on resigning the Board's service. Through alwavs being in charge of country schools, 'in tho Northern District, and the Upper ami Lower Waikato, my sympathies are entirely with the rural districts. us I consider the educational advanU 'OS his children receive is the only return ihe s ..ler gets for his large contribution in dut) i, through the Customs, to tlte general revenli of New Zealand. 1 would subn t that if the Waikato is entitled to its own llospi I Beard, then it is equally so to its own Board ot I location. 1 think the present educational district of Auckland should be divided into tlnee:— City of Auckland and district around; (2) the Waikato; and (3) North Auckland. The schools in the Thames district and on the Coromandel peninsula and adjacent localities might he fo' mod into a fourth if so desired by them ; geographical considerations and access to a centre being considered ill all these arrangements. The difficulty of inspection might be removed by ail annual interchange of inspectors, and the cost of clerical work rather diminished than increased by this division. Relative to scholarships, I think a much fairer redistribution might be arrived at, and the matter carefully considered so as to give country schools a better footing. If 1 rend the regulations of the Board rightly as to number of teachers, I think, if the desire existed, by a clever manipulation of the rules, it is possible for town and suburban schools to gain advantages impossible for a country school to possess. My experience as a member of town and parochial Boards in England leads me to believe the common opinion is well founded, that the administration of any public office either Jlonie or colonial may become too bureaucratic, unwieldy, and expensive ; i to use Charles Dickens' words, ' The circumlocution office.' This is at alt times to be guarded against, and the liberally paid adviser not-allowed to become dictator, and members of a Board simply a Court of Record. Efforts should lie made to do away with the necessity for the petty economies now in vogue rela- | five to school fund, repairs to schools, etc , by a reduction if possible in the cost of central administration, while .it the same time efficiency and thorough independence in inspect ion must lie maintained. M iiercver possible, bead male teachers should be I employed, assisted by a female pupil teacher in place of sewing mistresses. These young teachers would be of great service with the primer ami Ist standard ; a reliable female would be present, a necessity in a mixed school of boys, girls, and infants, and it would be a premium for the elder girls to aspire to, ami their education completed, while tho i additional cost to the Board would be very small, Capable girls are generally to be found locally for such an office who are in or who have passed tho VI. Standard. Ido not make this proposal for one moment in disparagement of the industry and ability of our lady teachers, but simply because boys want something more than book learning to make them men, and male teachers should be the breadwinners of the family. lam in favour of a fixed scale of salaries to the Board's teachers, based on success as instructors, length of service, and classification, with a small yearly increment to teachers successfully conducting country schools, as an inducement for thorn to remain, and not look upon themselves as birds of passage. This would be encouragement for them to bring up their children to a country life and so ; increase settlement. While 1 have no desire to pose as an influential "or wealthy man, being, by necessity, a hard-working one, nevertheless, shoul 1 I be elected, my best effoits will bo used without fear or favour to loyally administer the Education Act, and not allow country schools to degenerate into dame schools, on the one hand, or on tin- other, suburban schools, in so-called " aristocratic quarters," to become free secondary schools, preparatory for the University, I have gone very fully into details of my views, trusting not to be misunderstood ; and again asking for your support, I am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, OCTAVIUS THOMAS HEARNE, Late Captain IV. Battalion Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. TO THE MEMBERS. I beg to inform you of my intention to seek election as DIRECTOR at the next Annual Meeting in Slay, when two vacancies have to be filled up. My friends have asked me to come forward because members desire to select a now man occasionally instead of continually returning the same Directors time after time. To those members who do not personally know me, I may state that 1 have boon a policy-holder for 15 years ; am a native of Sydney, nave been six times to Europe, and stayed 11 years there altogether. I have been in business 18 years as W. 11. Chard and Co., Wool Brokers ; have a thorough knowledge of accounts and finance, and exceptional general experience. If elected, I will study members' interests, both here and in the other colonies, and be ready to give explicit and faithful explanations of the Society's business whenever occasions render this necessary. W. 11. CHARD. 79, Macleay-street, Potts Point, 10th March, 1891. TO THE POLICY-HOLDERS OF THE JL AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. Ladies and Gentlemen,— I have the honour to iniorin you that I am a Candidate for one of tho vacant seats on tho Board that will require to be filled up at tho next annual meeting. It is known to many of you that I enjoyed the privilege of occupying tile position i of Deputy Chairman from 1887 to 18)0, and that I retired last year, Ihe by-laws requiring that one Director shall not be eligible for reelection until tho lapse of twelve months ; that period will have passed, and I hope the experience I have gained of the Society's business, and the knowledge I have of some of the other colonies where I resided for many years may be sufficient reasons for many of you to accord mo , your votes. Your obedient servant, JAMES R. HILL. TO THE MEMBERS OP THE AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. Ladies and Gentlemen,— I beg to announce myself a Candidate for a seat on the Board of Directors. I have been assured with your Society for the last twenty-five years ; all my family also are insured ; and I have long taken'great interest in tho affairs and progress of the Society. I have been a bank auditor, am a member of tho Chamber of Commerce and of the Australasian Economic Association, and for many years was proprietor and editor of the Goulburn Herald. I have now full leisure for the duties of Director, and have experience on the boards of other public companies; so that should you favour me with your confidence I trust you will ' have no cause hereafter to think that it has been misplaced. Yours faitlnully, W. R. RILEY. . Athenaeum Club, Sydnoy, 12th March, 1891. - mO THE MEMBERS OF THE > J. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. r Ladies and Gentlemen,— I beg to intimate I will be a Candidate for , Director at the next Election in May, and solicit your votes and kind support. For twenty years 1 acted as your Medical Referee r for West Maitlaud and the Hunter River District, and thereby gained a large and useful knowledge of r an extensive branch of your business while conduct- ,. ing one of the largest medical practices in the colonies. I have been requested by many members y to come forward, as they consider it desirable to e have an experienced medical man on your Board. Before studying medicine 1 was brought up to a mercantile pursuits at Home and in India, and also to Life Insurance business, having spent live years in the Caledonian Life Insurance Company, Ellin- . burgh. I am, therefore, conversant with Life Insurance business and mercantile and financial trans- . actions. ' I have retired from the medical profession, and have ample time at my disposal to attend to youi interests. ■ Yours faithfully, A. K. MORSON, M.D. ' " Wyalla," North Sydney. HO WICK TOWNSHIP ROAI DISTRICT. Nominations will be received by me till noon or SATURDAY, the 25th day of April, at the Howie! Public Library for the election of Three Trustee: for the above Board; and a poll, if necessary, wil be taken in' the same place on SATURDAY, Ma' r the 2nd, 1891. '' JOHN W. WHITE, Returning Officer. |. Howick, April 10,1891. Returning Officer. Howick, April 10,1891.