CAMBRIDGE EAST SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1799, 17 January 1884, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE EAST SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

A meeting of this body was held at the office of Mr G. F. Hosking, Cambiidge, on Monday evening last. Piesent. Mows (J-. Y. Hosking (chanman), Hewitt, lN T i\ou, Wiight, Saigent, and Honghton. The minutes of the previous meeting were lead and confhmed. Bound uuks ok Cambridge School Disritior. — The following aio the boundaiies of the above distiicfc as l.iid before tlie meet ing, ha\ ing been received from the board :— All that poition of the paiNh of Hautapu bounded towaids the north-east bv tho confiscation boundaiy line from Pukemoiemoro to the Waikato river, towards the south by the Waikato river to the south-eastern boundary of the Hautapu educational diitnct, and towards the noith-'west by the south-eastern btmndaiy of the Hrutapn educational district aforesaid, to the point of commencement. Boakd Canuio vtes. — A number of communications weie leceived fioni candidates, seeking support at the foithcoming election foi the Board of Education, Auckland. It was unanimoiibly agieed to nominate Messrs Hobbs and Cooper for seats in theboaul. Mr ftrEWAiir'h Remo\al. — A communication was iead from the Board of Eduration, foiwaiding a copy of the countov petition sent in by a number of patents of children attending the High School, also a copy of Mr W. L. C. Williams' letter, which accompanied the letter. —Mr Williams' letter .stated that "the chaiges of undue severity were unfounded, the parents having exonerated Mr Stewart ;" also, that with the exception of five, all the parents of children attending the High School had signed the petition. He requested that the board should take no steps whatever for the lemoval of Mr Stewart during the official career of the piesent committee, as the majoiity of the inctnbpis in this particular matter, had allowed their personal feelings to actuate them in the discharge of their public duties. They were, consequently, incapable of taking an unbiassed view of the surroundings.— Mr Hewitt considered Mr Williams' letter a concoction of unsubstantiated assertions ;—; — indeed, they indicated that gentleman's ''cheek " all over. —Mr Wright expiessed a doubt as to whether or not Mr Williams was in a position to state that the majoiity of members, in taking action in the matter of Mr Stewarts removal, were actuated by personal feelings. He, for one, repudiated such nn assertion.— Mr Houston thought the letter and the petition should be lelegated to oblivion, so far as the committee was concerned. Tbe public and the parents had sufficient confidence in them, and their management of the affairs of the school to make dispensable any serious notice on their part. He did not believe that the Board' of Education would take for granted that the committee had been actuated by any other motiv e than the general welfare of the school.— Mr Hewitt differed from Mr Houghton in this respect. Mr Williams had made certain charges and a reflections, and the board by deferring action showed rather conclusively that the petition had had the desired effect on their minds. The board in fact seemed to think that the com- ! mittee had not the confidence of the parents, or else they would have taken action at once instead of waiting until after the annual meeting, He understood " that that thing in the way of a petition " had had more weight than Mr Williams' letter, as on it appeared the names of twelve gentlemen .and one lady whose children were attending the High School. He thought it better that both petition and letter should be allowed to pass without comment. — Mr Wright thought the board should be made aware of the fact that the committee were in no way actuated by malice. — The matter, after a few other iemarks, was allowed to drop. —This terminated the proceedings.

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