BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1887, Page 7

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

weekly meeting was held yesterday Imoon. Present: Messrs S. Luke (chaiV- ! iV;I).' Goldie, B. Udy, J. W. Carr, J. M. ttiiox, W. P, Moat (M.H.R.), and J. H. IP Pdpil Teachers' Examination. — A latistacallreturn re the pupil teachers'exanmtion of June-July, 18S7, showed that S males and 167 females presented themfeives for examination in Auckland, 5 males «nd 28 females at the Thames, and 6 males aJ'2o'females. at the Waikato : total, 258. '•' ! Night School.— A report Avas revived of.»the Conference of the Head?asfears;of town, schools re proposed free; night school. It stated that Major Dane .attended by invitation,~and gave an account of tEe working of the system of free night a&ocils ; iri America. — The Conference adopted the following suggestions for submission to the Board: — (1) The school to t be":: opened five evenings in the *eek from 7to 5.30; (2) .the subjects of instruction to comprise reading and sratihg, -mathematics, book-keeping, me-, d4nical : drawing, physical geography and deinentaiy science, ,the instruction to be "fiYenby: class-teaching as far as possible ; (3) the school to be under the supervision "f, a teacher to -be appointed specially for the"purpose; (4) a charge of 6d ■&i.!9Jith ,. .jto be, made to each pupil to cover cost of stationery; (5) tem•P9Sry.L provision for instruction offered j ssloUows :* Mr Worthington, occasional i lessons; Messrs W. I. Robinson and E. T. I Harfc, one evening- a week in drawing ; Mr I?• iLeqnard, one - evening a week ; Mr G. I Healey, one evening a week ; Mr J. C. one evening a week ; Mr ! C. M. Carter,, one evening a week, -elementary "raenc6 • Mr W. H. Newton, one evening a Veek.—The suggestions were adopted. ,-, BsopqsED- Retrenchment. —Mr Carr gave eotice.'to. moveV at the next meeting : •Sat,' in. view of the depression in ,™ie,■• '/the excessive 1 taxation, general ®& local;' the privations and , inconfeniencei experiehced by a large propor'Wnof the.people, whose incomes are conateably reduced; and the widespread Mi&ssi among t the wage-earning class ttnsecLby.want of employment, this Board that after clue notice all salaries'exf"ili,ig L4oo shall be reduced to that sum ; *w ihatone of the clerks of the office be "■spensed with." 'Chevalier Tenders. —2£ tenders for the erection of a school Wding at Point Chevalier. The highest and ! the lowest (L 487) was sent in Witts Bros., of Devonport. : - Pitts Bros.' tenfer was-accepted, the sehooli when to have a bell-tower.