BOARD OF EDUCATION.
A meeting of tbe Board of Education was held this afternoon in the offices, Wyndbamstreet. Present :—Messrs Lusk, (chair), May, Prime, Luckie, and Dr Campbell. Tbe minutes of tbe previous meeting were read aud confirmed. A number of applications Avere dealt Avitb referring to small grants and local Avant_. MAOPJ CHILDREN. Tbe question of admitting native children to the ordinary "schools under the Board Avas next discussed in reply to applicants, when it Avas resolved on .the motion of Dr. Campbelltbatin vieAV of the neAV Act, which Avill' shortly come into operation, tbe children of natives be admitted to tbe common schools. AVHANGARARI. A letter Avas read from the Chairman of the District Committee asking that tbe districtschool boundaries be enlarged, as many children out of tbe boundaries are excluded from tbe advantages of education. It AA*as resolved that steps be taken forthwith to enlarge tbe boundaries according to request. MR CUCKSFV*'S GRIEVANCF. A letter was read from Mr Cucksey, musicsell er, complaining that Mr W. W. Taylor, of Waiuku, bad hired a piauoforte some time ago, and that be refused both to give up possession and pay for tbe hire of the same. Tbe Board, Avbile sympathising with Mr Cucksey, considered it was a matter in which they could not interfere..
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Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2407, 7 December 1877, Page 3
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