Householders' Meetings.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1734, 23 April 1930, Page 5

Householders' Meetings.

ALEXANDRA D.H, SCHOOL. The Alexandra householders' meeting ; was held on Monday night of last week i and was well attended. - ' | The chairman of the outgoing com- ; mittcc was voted to the chair. In his opening remarks he welcomed the par- ; 'ents present and stated that it was tho ; largest- meeting of householders for . many years.' j | The-minutes of the last annual meet- ; ing were read and confirmed. I The annual report and balance-sheet ; was then presented by the secretary (Mr E. J. Terry). ; ! Speaking to the report and balance- ; ■sheet the chairman said that there was a credit balance of £44 Is lOd which was a very sound state of affairs He referred to the excellent teaching.' staff and the progress that had been' jmade during the past year. Reference! )was made to the ; remodelling of the' school which had run away with a good j deal of money. However, the fact J that the school was now up-to-flate with I improvements-in many ways was quite' J satisfactory. The presentation from '. the Alexandra Horticultural Society'of [several cups was also- greatly,. appre-' ciated. .Mr,W. Bringaus seconded the adoption of the report and balancesheet.—Carried. ' , \

I Mr E. Terry explained the: position of I the school finances placing emphasis on the money raised locally which was 'subsidised and was the life-blood of the school committee's finances; ■_ J I A number of remits were placed be[fore the meeting, 10 of which were apiproved. I |. A letter from the Dental Nurse (Miss l Cochrane) opened up the question of a dental committee. After the matter i was thoroughly discussed Mr Beilby ! moved that a committee of five be appointed by tlie meeting to take over the responsibility of the dental clinic. A u amendment, that a public meeting be called for the purpose of forming a ; dental committee, was carried, J Mr Ashworth moved a very hearty ' vote of thanks to the outgoing committee.—Carried by acclamation. .' Mr Chas. Weaver spoke on several He said the parents of the Earnscleugh children were quite satisf fled with; the education their children were receiving at the Alexandra School. . The centralisation of schools was,;a sound policy. In connection with this I ", question he referred to the transit of' ...the children from Earnscleugh and] ■ asked that the incoming committee j | consider the question of having a ■' elosed-in- bus- to convey the children , to and from school. i

Mr Wv Bringans proposed votes of thanks to hoih the chairman' (Mr.A. M'Kellar) . antl the secretary for the very able manner in which the affairs of the Scliool Committee had bceii carried out. In. reply Mr M'Kellar said he had. beep fortunate in tiaving a very able committee and secretary to help hint through the first year of chairmanship:. Mr Terry also returned thanks for the eomplinients that had been paid him: He would like to be relieved of the secretarial work which he had done to the best of his ability for,some years now. ■ ' ' . A very hearty vote of thanks to the teaching staff was proposed by Mr-W. Hewitt.—Carried by acclamation. In replying Mr Mcchaelis complimented the committee on ilie, excellent work and of the interest that Mr E. Terry took in the scliool and he had only to ask for anything and it was taken up immediately by the tommittee. Mr Mcchaelis spoke of the high standard of the sporting activities in the school. Thirty to 40 swimming certificates had been awarded tljis season. The girls in the hockeys team had. brought honour to the school and- "the annual scliool sports had been keenly contested. Ho, extended a special invitation to the parents to be present at • the annual •school sports to be held in the near future. The Rector thanked the "parents and committee for the vote of confid ence which they had passed and said he would pass this oil to the, staff. ELECTION OF COMMITTjEE. In v}ew of the fact that more than nominations were received for the elee tion of the Scliool Committee a ballot was'taken, Messrs Nightingale and, J. Watson acting as scrutineers, i. The following were, elected as the School Committee for the ensuing, year! Messrs W. Bringans' (22), ,E, (21), A. M'Keliar, W. Hewitt (20), H. Beilby (17), W. Hinton (10), H. Cowie (15), A. A. Williamson (14), J. Johns (13). , Mr A. M'Kollar was re-elected chairman of the School Committee and: Mr H. Beilby appointed as secretary for the ensuing year. • i BLACKS SCHOOL. *TJic annual householders' meeting was held iai Blacks School, Ophir, on Monday,' when ~M» J. M'Knight was voted to the. chair,- There was a large ©presentation from Oniakau, but comparatively little interest in -Ophir— Mily 13 qualified householders aUcnilng out of 54. ,The secretary'' and reasurer (Mr ,T. C. llolden),- of - the ; re- . tiring school committee, submitted the finance report for the past year, Which was adopted} conditionally upon full mdit. The balance, sheet showed the iotiii income for the year £7O, and the tutlay £73, the credit balance at the leginniug of .the year £42, and at tlie •lo.sev'£3o. Eight nominations were re•civ.ed for membership of tlie commit: ee for this year. Messrs S. Leask-aiid F. Perkins were; appointed scrutineers tnd the following five were elected: —

Messrs J. CV Holdeii (26 votes),'Y. C. " Richardson -..'(25), W. -Drake ■'. (24), J. M'Knight„:iiul A. Finlayson (.23) :6ueli.; - After ,the householders' uieetiug the new committee met anil appointed the, .following Holdjpjij chairman; 1 secretary arid treasurer, 'Mr Fin- / lay adit. ■" Out of 10 applications" for the position of headmusjtership, Mr Henry J. : Sandle, of Eotorua,:,was appointed,and will take up his duties on May 20, ■ after the term holidays. Jn the meantime, Mr M. Anderson . will contiuuo " as relieving headmaster. - _ , .■■'.., CHATTO CREEK SCHOOL. " : '•""'; '" The .annual meeting of the Ohatto Creek School Committee .was held on . Monday ■ .evening, April .14. During the year 12 meetings were. held. Mr Walker resigned in May and Mr Loach ~, was appointed the following month. We regret to record the death- of Mr Asquitli, our lat'ejchairman forso many years. By his generosity the XmaS. tree was procured for the .children; also he had ]miKl|d,-th(? secretary £7 10s 1 - . which he had held to pay "for the. electrie light. The; inspector's, renort, both at the end and tlie'.ljoginniflg of the year, was very good." New. com- • mittee': Mesdnmes' Kinney/, (secre-, ; tary). and Eraser; Messrs Craw (chairman); Marshall and Kinney, ■"■< OTCREHTJ A SCHOOL. .;' - , The following were elected members? , of Oturolma School Committoo: Messrs A. Nelson (chairman); T. R. 1). flit* .' gerald, S. V. Hayes, A. If. Wingham, J, Kicolsou (secretary), _ t ,