SALARY OF THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13227, 12 July 1906, Page 6

SALARY OF THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

%■■ ' MR. GEORGE GEORGE DECLINES A BONUS. The following letter from Mr. George |0t George, director of technical education, was read at yesterday's meeting of the Educa- , i':\. tion Board : — With reference to the resolution passed by you #*:''::• at your lost'meeting:, promising me a bonus of osV : ,'':-, £100 at the end of the present year if the manual training and technical education department ■V ■ , should be in credit at that time, in the interest* ;';■.■..- i of education in this district I have to ask you in be good enough to rescind the said resolution »,' ' at tie earliest possible date, as under no circum- :■■" , stances could /..'agree to accept . the principle involved. After the public utterances expreseeed by members of the Board or, different occasions in appreciation of my work, and after all the , § '■■:'■■ time, thought, and energy that I have given ■-'.'.'■ to the -pioneer move Ken in ..connection with '.' manual training and technical education in this V,, ■ colony, it comas as a great shock to me to find §■■'■' ■":' ■'. the Bo*rd meet my request for a salary somewhat > jn'proportion to the responsibility of my'position, ' : and to the magnitude of the work done, by a decision , which : can only be interpreted by the public as a Want of confidence in ray administra- ;' ';, tion, and which, as far. as I am aware, i»un- ..; jireccdenied in the history of educational ad- -' " ; minuiMticn. • ~ .. , --.... i • The Chairman (Mr. L. J. Bagnall) said •'• that Mr. George had apparently misinter- "< - ' preted the intention of the Board in pass- • i ing th*. resolution at its last meeting. He might be obtuse, but he did not think that fatten a question of principle as suggested by Mr. George was involved, and he saw no reason why the resolution ■ should be re- £:.'■''>.'!'''." scinded, .•■■"." 'i Mr. «F. Stiillworthy suggested that the • matter be deferred till the next meeting, ,' , and this was agreed to. He also gave notice to'move, "That the resolution be re- '> scinded, and that the question of Mr. , V, George's salary be reconsidered at the end Mffi ;)' '"'ol the year, ' '", :