To the Ealtor of the "Nonrt-Cutxa Dany News"
Si—On September 12, 1932, there appeared, in your valued correspandtenes collinns under my signature a Tong lector on the subject of school fees and in view of the discussion Which is now taking place in respect of Municipal Expenditure and. the possibilities of effecting economies, in articular where salaries are con-[cerned, a subject on which you have yourself contributed an "excellent leading article, T hope that 1 may be forgiven for quoting mysell, ox' the etter above mentioned es follows:—
The whole thing simmers down to the fact, that. the Council has "not for a sultclency of schools to absord {the pupils who would have every ight to be In Municipal Schools. If it'ls argued, that. the Council isnot in the position of a State or Gov= ernment which can apportion, out fof the. rates and. tance, What "is Aecestary for education, "one. might Fetort that, onthe other hand. the Municipal Administration pays salar-fes which are, in many instances, the equal of what high officials of some more. important "countries receive. ur Secretary-Geencral receives some thing like £3000 per alnuin by way of salary alone and T rather "doubt Giat some European Prime Ministers receive that much these days. But, fof course, what is a Prime Minister SuI should have thought your excellent (if T may say 30) leader your issue of the 20th instant bearing the caption "Needless Mystery" would have called forth some form of reply from the Council, Such not haviog been forthcoming, it can only be assumed that the details of the flnancial arrangement come to with the! late Secretary set out in my letter of the 16th instant are correct. I reiterate that some explanation called for.
T sce on the front page of to-day's Municipal Gazette under the heading "Abolition of Press Information OMe" a paragraph reading as fol-must not be Uhoueht, that 1 grudge them their Incomes but, when the Council tums to penalizing' the man of moderate "means and abe oer man......then Tsay let the ade Tnlnistration 'False funds by reducing expenditure where'
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