CHAIRMANSHIP OF EDUCATION BOARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10126, 8 May 1896, Page 3

CHAIRMANSHIP OF EDUCATION BOARD.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Aa one of those who, by the tone of your sub-leader of Thurday, will receive < the condemnation of the people for the position and stand taken up by us at Wednesday's meeting of above Board, I may Bay, you, sir, may think so, and a few others who are so biassed in your and their opinion, not to be able to take an impartial view of matteia as they exist, and give an impartial opinion. Consequently the great bulk of your readers will not be led away by your unkind comments, but are now, in this 19th century, able to think and act intelligently for themselves. I am surprised at a paper like the Heralu taking up the side which is acting against law, order, and common sense, and fail to see one redeeming feature in those who are carrying out leeally and honestly what they believe to be right, and if in doing this the minority will not give place to the majority, then we have to resort (however unwilling)

to the same tactics, and for the time forget . our position and mix with the wrangling crowd. But are we to blame? Yon admit there is a doubt over the chairmanship. If so, why not Mr. Udy give place, who at yesterday's meeting was in a minority, instead of Mr. Mair, who was placed in the chair by the majority present; and then if Mr. Udy is not satisfied let him and his frieuds take the case before the high tribunal of which yon apeak. I claim, sir, to have an opinion of what is right and what is wrong as well as yourself, and although I have not the facilities as yon you have of placing my view? before the - public, yet I think you would admit, if you knew me better. I am an unlikely man to be one of Che dancing puppets you write about. As a public nun I expect fair criticism of my public actions, but I fail to see the right you or any parson else has to abuse and attribute unworthy motives to those* with whole public actions you do nut agree. If I am wrong with others in the stand taken it is your duty to point out a proper course no pursue, and assist us out of a public difficulty, and not be constantly commenting unkindly on those in whom von Bee no redeeming traits, whilst the other side are held up as those in whom there is no guile.-I am, etc., J. Hy. Wright. Pukekohe, May 7th, 1896. [We have no desire to deal unjustly witb any section of the Board of Education. But we are grieved at the wrangling which ha* taken place, which must be injurious in its effects. On the question of the chairmanship we would suggest that an appeal be made & the Supreme Court. -Ed.}