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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 140, 24 March 1944, Page 1

PUBLIC NOTICES. THE EDUCATION HOARD OF THE DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY. BIENNIAL ELECTION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES. HPHE Board, in pursuance- of the power conferred by the “Education Act, 1914,” and its Amendments, hereby directs that a PUBLIC MEETING OF HOUSEHOLDERS be held in each SCHOOL DISTRICT in the Canterbury Education District on MONDAY, 24th APRIL, at Half-past Seven O’clock in the evening’, for the Election of a School Committee for each District. Where the Yearly Average Attendance at the School or Schools in Ihe School District for the year ended December 31st, 1943, has not exceeded One Hundred Children, the number of Members of the School Committee shall be FIVE; where such attendance is over One Hundred and not over Two Hundred, the number of Members shall be SEVEN; and where such attendance is over Two Hundred, the number of Members shall be NINE. The Place of Meeting shall be the School in each District, and this is understood to mean the Main School in any District which has more than one School, provided that if three days’ notice is given by the Committee in the public Press, the Meeting may be held in a more suitable building. The Board further directs that the First Meeting of each School Committee be held in the place appointed for the Election, and immediately after the Election. The Board further calls upon the Householders in each District to SEND IN to the Chairman of the School Committee (.or the Commissioner, as the case may be), in writing, on or before MONDAY, 17th APRIL, not later than S p.m„ the NAMES of PERSONS, being Householders, NOMINATED by them to serve upon the Committee. Such nominations must be signed by the Proposer and by the Candidate, and must be in the form set forth in the Third Schedule to the Act, or to the effect thereof. In addition to such nominations, in School Districts in which the average attendance for the year 1943 did NOT exceed 240, any Householder present at the Meeting may nominate any Householder who consents by word of mouth or in writing to be nominated. (In the case of School Districts in which the average attendance for the year 1943 exceeded 240, the Act does NOT provide for the acceptance of verbal nominations.) The election of five parents to the Christchurch South and Shirley Intermediate School Committees will be held in the respective Schoolrooms at 8 p.m. on THURSDAY, 4th MAY. In the first week of May (before 4th May) the Committee of the Addington, Somerfield, Spreydon, and Sydenham contributing Schools should each elect one member to serve on the Christchurch South -Intermediate School Committee, and the Committees of the Richmond and Shirley contributing Schools should each elect two members to serve on the Shirley Intermediate School Committee. L. E. ROWLEY, Secretary. Education Office, Christchurch, March, 1944. GIRL GUIDES. HOUSE-TO-HOUSE RAG DRIVE. SATURDAY NEXT, MARCH 25, 1944. pLEAN RAGS in any quantity are urgently required for the Services to clean aeroplanes, weapons, and equipment. Get those Rags ready NOW: *=lt is essential that the Rags be clean. Bundle the Rags and leave them at the gate by 8.30 A.M. SATURDAY. HELP THE GIRL GUIDES—HELP THE SERVICES. RAG DEPOT—IN ARCADE. ASHBURTON ELECTRIC POWER BOARD. A LL POWER will be cut off in the ASHBURTON DISTRICT on SUNDAY, 26th March, 1944, from 2 to 4 p.m., and in MT. SOMERS and PART of ALLENTON from 1—4.30 p.m. 11. G. KEMP, Engineer-Secretary. TMPOUNDED at Ashburton —1 Dark A Brown Gelding, four white feet and blaze, rat tail, if not claimed and expenses paid to be sold on SATURDAY, April 1, 1944, at noon. F. G. SUMNER, Poundkeeper. N.Z. TRAVEL SERVICE. TTOLIDAY parties for “Hermitage,” - n Mt. Cook. Week-ends or longer period. Transport and Accommodation arranged for. Further information from Agents. DRUMMOND & ETHERIDGE, LTD., Tancred Street. BUSINESS NOTICES. ENAMELLED STEWPANS. MAMELLED Stewpans, Cream with Black Edge and Handles. 3/G, 25/9. JOHN ORR™& CO., LTD., Hardware Merchants.