SERVICE IN THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14165, 16 August 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

SERVICE IN THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION.

'From "The, Colonist." July 2-5.) I Air W. N. Franklyn, who has been a! member of th» Nelson Education Board ior the past 25 yvsrs, is not seeking ■re-election, and yesterday he attended the sittings mi the JJoard for the last time. Eeierfmy to the fact was made by Air W. Lock, the acting-chairman, •\vho moved the. ' following v motion :^— "That tho Board places on record its appreciation -of tiie very valuable services rendered to the cause of education by Mr W. N. Franklyn during the I period of 25 years he has been a mem-1 ber of the Board, and that the best| .wishes of the Hoard be conveyed to him I on his wcil-cnrru'd vrtiroment." Speak-1 mg to the motion, Mr Lock said it was always regrettable to iart with a colleagne, especially one with whom he had been associated for a quarter of a century. During that period Mr rmnklyn .tad rendered - cry valuable services to the cause of odtcation, and especially iv those in Uo hack-blocks. As an' authority ou iha Education Aot therol bad never boon a better man on the) board than .Mr I'Yanklyn. He regretted! his 7-etiromer.;:, fart trusted that he| would be spared to enjoy good health! ior many years to come. Mr F. "W. O. Smith, in seconding tho motion, said he had been associated with Mr Frankiyr. since 1906, and had a great regard for him, ■He expressed satisfaction at Mr .Franklyn's election as a member of the Council of Education for New Zealand, and said it, wa,s .i ff.ttmg tribute to a long, useful, and iionourable career. Throughout his -career as a publre man Mr Franklyn bad always de-no what was fair, just, and equitable, a:id he joined heartily it. wishing him every prosperity and health in the years that lay "before him.

Messrs Karri j, Baigent, and Syro.es ■endorsed the remarks of the proposer ■2nd seconder of the motion, which was carried.

In replying, Mr Franklyn expressed ms thanks for the kindly expressions of appreciation that had fallen from his -colleagues, and said that during his 25 years on the hoard he had always done 3^is duty by tV- committees who had ■placed him there. Tie felt that the time had come for him to retire, and h<r could now .say that he had never been defeat«i la an election for the l/oard. Ho o.\ pressed his thanks to members for a.sitting to secure his eieejion to trip- Council of Education.