KAKAHU SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3262, 11 March 1885, Page 3

KAKAHU SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

d but when I examined them concerning thei ri ability to confirm the minutes of meetirgf I at which they were not present, thei d answored quite readily that they heard tfo ia minutes read. The Chairman informed mi ,s that although they were not. at the meetings c thoro was another man at them. Thoy'l ir matriculate yet, and then we shall havo abi c of the degree business amongst us. a I am, &c, c Wir. L. Duncan. n Kakahu Bush, March 7th, 1885.

0 THE EDITOR OF THE TIMARU HERALD. Sib, — One would think, after reading your sport of the meeting of the Board of Educaon, that Mr Graham had been engaged m a isreputablo squabble with Mr Jonea about tie Chairmanship of the School Committee, 'his impression is very unfair to Mr Graham, nd I hope you will forbear with me m giving lublicity to what led to his writing to the ioard. As Btated m your columns, both iarties were proposed and seconded ; the aformality of voting, as explained to the Joard, consisted m an attempt by Mr Jones' iroposer to coerce his seconder into voting or Mr Graham. Mr Graham would have etired from the contest then, but his suptorters, two of whom had .been on the Comaittee before with Mr Jones acting as Chairaan, wore unwilling that be should, and Qaintainod that a man could second the lomination of a candidate pro forma and vote or the opposite candidate if he chose. After , good deal of argument on that point t was ultimately left with Mr Jones to to the Board for their decision. SVhat he wrote is a mystery to us, md according to your report his letter ilso puzzjod the Board, and they decided ;hat he be written to to call another meeting >f the Committee to reconsider the matter. On February 13th children informed their parents that Mr Jones' girl told the teacher that a meeting was to be held next evening. On that intimation we met . at the schoolbouse, and after four of us had waited two hours Mr Jones put- m an appearance and told us that he knew nothing about a meeting being called. His supporters had not arrived then,, but did so as we left. We went homo that night not very well convinced that thirty children would go to their several homes with the Game lie on their lips, all on the same night. However, on Monday I got a note from Mr Jones informiug me that a meeting would be held on February 21st at 8 p.m. to " transact business connecting sohool matters." On turning up the dictionary, I found that connecting means uniting/ Now, thinks I, that is just what we want here ; we are to have a happy re-union and all disputes thrown to the winds.' At tho appointed time, three of us met, and fifteen minutes later Mr Jones came and lighted the candles. I noticed that he did not look very happy like, but I thought he might cheer \vp by-and-bye. After he Tiad wandered out and m for a quarter of an hour, Mr Graham mildly suggested, as there wtw a quorum present, he might open the meeting, and tell us what we had met for ; but no, he would not open the meeting till his own followers came. As we did not consider this very gentlemanly treatment, we proposed that Mr Graham take the chair and formally open the meeting. At this suggestion Mr Jones became very excited, and seized the candles and bolted with them, leaving us m the dark. We locked the door and went m search of a candle, and when we came back he was m the porch barricading the door to keep us out. Then we got Mr Graham persuaded to write to the Board, thinking the 66th section of the Act was the only legal provision for settling his blarney, and n,o,w, DC jabers, they wanf ns to. settle it ourselves, and never a hipt whether we should.use fieta or daggers, sticks or pistols. Sure the Chairman ought to come and. see fair pl&y,.and o fellow might got shelter behind him when the miUe is at its hottest. These squabbles are generally settled by the respectable member! retiring, and leaving the roughs m posscssior of the field. ' I heard a minute of that meet ing read to-night ; it blandly stated that Mj Jones and his two followeys were all tha l wore present, and they had not the slightos 1 doub}; about who waß Chairman, and wen on to reoount the business that was done inoluding the confirming of the minutes o the two meetings held last year. I tried >t< convince them that it was hardly correct, bu they were very thick-headed on that point