BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 4310, 15 March 1884, Page 4

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

A Meeting at th!S Board wna held yesterday afternoon rtt tlic offices, Wymlliam-slrect. Present > Messrs Hobbs (Chairirtan),- BUcklOnd, Carr, Luke, Goldfc, Wmk, McKcnzic,- and Clark. NoTicKOK Motion'.—Sl? Carr gave noliceof the following motion :—" That the Inspector sit only at this Board when requested to do so by tho Chairman i that the Chairman make no such request until after an apology has been t^ndored by the Inspector for tho unseemly lunguutte used at its last moctinK."—A request Was I'eiid from Mr O'Sullivan that he might ifttefld tlifi meetings of tho Hoard when ex+T*sslv instructed to do SO. 6ti.\htNXN'« KEfOKT,—This report was received, the prW'cinal items being that Messrs Whitaker and Ri'ssMl hate again been communicated with re BfMr't's oiler to purchase lot 111 at Mtingunui; thut further particulars have been requested from Okaihti, re proposed exchange of n serve with Mr Maddox; and that us'i of school-room at Turanga Creek for concert and soiree be granted, subject to regulatctiooL Committee Elections.—Protests were rccoived against the validity of elections In the districts of Flat Hush, Katikati (North), Kihluiii. I'ukeuUia, and Pukekohe (West), most of tlnini being of a trivial character. These nT'esXLna «'era flenlt with, and in some di»tric n fiey wefo dc^lwcd.lnvalid, and in others Wtixo I'ai'kks.—Tho Sotirelar)1 announced that voLiiiK papora had not b»en rceolved from tho following coinmittc'cs":-Kolinkohtf, Onlncroa Paiciri. piVkcrangi, Parnel).- Piikcrimu. Roxlmi) Kanginohia, Huakaka', Riiapuke, Tuuplrf, Tc Pahi. To Pilke, Wado, Wnimatc, Wafpu Cave, and WaitoJtcrei'.School Find AccouN'tm.—lt was announced that the accounts for the past year had not yet been received for the following districts from the Provincial District Auditor :-l)argavllli>. Flat Hush, Grecrton, Hotco North, Huniln, Matakana, Mount Eden, Otahuhu, Puknkohc Wotl, Kuakaka, lluata (Whangaroa Kortli), Taulioa, To Aroha goldflekl, To Muta, Tc luke, Wade, Waipu Central. Clic.i roN-DoADSciioor. UK MiiTalhot.—The Sccro'llfV (Mr P.icel rend the following letter from Mrllcnloy. lleadmastcrotthisechool:—'"l liave the honour lo doclare to the Hoard t!.at your Inspector Mr R. J. Sullivan, on tho occa sion of his visit last month to this Bchool, neither by instruction, nor suggestion, nor hlnr. Induced me to .send a report to the Grafionroad School Committee in reference to my' first usslNtnnt, Mr It. Talbot, or to issue certain rules for his guidance— G. Hbaley. Some discussion followed, and Mr Ooldic moved that an opportunity bo given to Mr Talbot to submit an explanation to the Board. He understood that this had been agreod to at last mooting.—Mr Moss agreed with Mr Goldio, and tho Chairman supported it Ho considered that in all fairness Mr Talb"t should be furnished with the head teacher's report, m that ho might reply to it it ho thoUght fit SO to do.—Messrs Luko and Clark acceded to flic request of tho Committeo to make a transfer.—lt was finally agreed that the matter bo referred to the Committee for roport, and that the Committee be askad to furnish Mr Tulbot with a copy of the complaints made, in order that he might be in a position to reply to simo. Mit McArtiiuh'B Bankruptcy.—Mr MeArthur, Principal of the Training College, wrote explaining to the Hoard that owing to financial difficulties hu had been compelled to We his fcliedulc, and .that ho was making arrangements to pay his creditors 20s in tho £. This matter was deferred. .„.!.■ Aitlicatioxß.—The lemainder of the business contested of applications for small grants, teachers' buildings, ico. Mr Holms, who had retired during the election, took his scat and expressed his thanks to the committees who had shown their confidence, in him by placing him in such a roepcctablc position on the poll. That Ml committees had voted showed that they were notindifferentasto their rights and privileges, as Bomo people would lead us to suppose, and he accepted tho vote now recorded as a complete answer to those who had endeavoured to impugn his past action in the Hoard. He need not say another word on this su'ijoct; ho could afford to be generous, and let the past be forgotten, and "let the dead bury their dead." He had been a member of the Hnard of Education many years ago under the old Provincial nystem, and had seen its evils, and was now, and hoped ho ever would be, a supportor of tho present system. Wo wero doing a great and good work. Hocould not tofrain from saying a word or two about tho idea that hadbocn mooted about administering all the affairs of education in this provincial district from Wollinfrton, by a Minister 'or Commissioner, doing away with the Boards of Education, and centralising the whole in Wellington. Tho proposal was preposterous, and ho vontured to say the people, tho committee?, would nevor submit to such a monstrous proposition. Tho committees elected tho Board. We had tho charge of their into.ests; aodif wo wero unfaithful to our trust, they would replace us by men in whom they liau conlidencc. At any rate, the commit tecs hadlocal self-Kovernmont.and wo wore responsible to them and he felt quite certain the committees would never give up any of their rights in this reßpect. Ho (Mr Hobbs) felt the responsibility of the position ho now occupied, and he would now afresh dovoto himself to looking after the interests of education throughout this provincial district in particular, and tho colony as a whole. Ho again thanked the committees who had voted for him.