A NICE STATE OF AFFAIRS.
A lively state of affairs has, we are iniormocl, arisen with regard to a school district within some thirty miles of Auckland. It appears that the chairman of the local school committee referred to was called away from home to attend to business of more general importance. Without consulting his colleagues "he appointed another gentleman as substitute chairman of the committee, and in the letter appointing him, told the latter that in all cases he must be guided by the advice of his (the chairman's) wife, and th.it he was to take 110 action without consulting her. It so happened that between the time of his appointment and the first meeting of the committee, the substitute chairman had written to the Board of Education, recommending a certain course of action. Time went on, and the meeting took place. The substitute took his seat in the chair, and when asked by the members by what authority he presided, he produced to them the letter from the chairman appointing him, and containing the proviso limiting his action. The other committee-men first stared, then tittered, and finally gravely consulted as to the legality of the appointment of a substitute by the chairman of the school committee. They could iind nothing to warrant such an appointment, and finally they had a conference as to whether, in the event of their accepting the position the wife of of the Chairman or the gentlemen nominally appointed, was tc rule the deliberations of the Committee. As arguments proceeded, the subject became comnlicatcd, and it was found that the action recommended to the Board of Education by the substitute was not in accordance with the wishes of the committee. This rather aggravated matters, and it was determined to refer the whole question to the Board of Education, The facts will no doubt form the basis of a lively correspondence, and the initiative will no doubt be heard of at the next regular meeting of the Board.—Auckland Weekly .News.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 270, 22 September 1879, Page 2
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335A NICE STATE OF AFFAIRS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 270, 22 September 1879, Page 2
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