CITIZENS' RESPONSIBILITIES
A little preachment, on the responsibilities of citizenship was indulged in by Mr. C. Parr in tendering his resignation as oh airmail of the Auckland Education Hoard. He explained that he was unable to give the necessary attention to the position now that he, had been elected to the city mayoralty, but was sorry to sever his connection with educational affairs for the present. He had made sacrifices, he said, but declared that no man was worth his salt if he was not prepared to make 60tne sacrifice in the public interest. Too often busy men weue keeping themselves apart from public service. The public, as well as the individual, lost by the default. They should all recognise that it was their duty at some time to make a sacrifice for the public weal. He did not say a man was justified in doing an injury to his family. Any man who entered public life and brought about injurious consequences to his family would be doing a wrong thing. "I publicly state this, and plead now with the busy portion of the community," concluded Mr. Parr, " that they &ee to it that they give some time and make some sacrifice for the public good."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 302, 16 May 1911, Page 8
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206CITIZENS' RESPONSIBILITIES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 302, 16 May 1911, Page 8
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