It was pretty generally thought that the only course to be pursued with respect to the Board, was, that a petition should be presented to the Government by the in habitants of Westland, supported by the school committees south of the Tere makau, praying for a separate educational district, distinct from that of tbe north, and basing that petition on the notorious maladministration of the general funds by an unscrupulous Greymouth majority , who had acted illegally at the Board, unjustly towards us, and to the detriment of educa tion in this place. Instead of embodying this thought in the resolution of the meeting, the leading speakers expended their powers in the denunciation of mal practices which have been condemned over and over again for more than a year, without once suggesting to the meeting what was the proper course to pursue. Not onevoice was lifted insupportof that which every one was expecting as the natural outcome of the meeting, until one gentle man, a late member of committee,i ttee, gnt up and expressed, his sentiments to the effect that he " would abolish ths Board altogether." This capricious shot struck the impatient meeting between wind and water, and the summary mode of settling all disputes especially commended it elf to their fancy. The resentment of the moment prevailed over their discretion, and notwitstanding they had a suspicion that it would be absurd to expect a Government to abolish, i Boards, when the consideration before I them was the advisability of abolishing '

THE WEST COAST TIMES, MAY 19, 1882.
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