§ MR. BRIDGEMAN (Shropshire, Oswestry)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the salary of the schoolmistress of the non-provided school at Llanelltyd has not been paid for more than four months; that several appeals have been made in vain to the Board of Education on her behalf; what steps he proposes to take to secure the payment of her arrears of salary; and when she may expect to receive the money due to her.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. BIRRELL, Bristol, N.)The case referred to is a difficult and complicated one. I am in communication with the local authority in regard to the present condition of things as respects the teacher's salary, which is singularly unfortunate; and, though the position of the school and of the managers is gravely open to question, I am not without hope that the hardship to the teacher may shortly be removed.