PONSONBY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 28 May 1914, Page 8

PONSONBY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.

I _.o______a_l_o_V 0# CA_*_H____l____. — A public meeting wa* held. laei. augis in the Lecture Hall of the leys Institute in connection with the foasicaming election of a eommia.ee ifor the Ponsonby school distract. There was- a good attendance. Mr. K. -Vrnriger -was voied to the chair. Mr. Roes moved, "Thai the Board of Education, having declared the re-ent, election of a school oonnm-tec. invalid, aaid has lixed the new election to place on dime J Sth. as matters of the utmost importance jt, the schools will ootme forward for the consideration of the committee during the tnjfiuinjr year, it is a&solirtcly that bouse.raiders should exercise their -vot.es to r-eturn ladies and geniicmen •wire, ibv their long association with the weHar. of tiie distrk-t. leave the confidence of the irouseh alders. The. following candidates have consented- to staaid for election, and arc hereby duly nominated: Messrs. W. .1. Campbell. D. CaHiian, V. Lang-ford, P. Mackie, E. Martin, W. A. Tbomp&-vn, (;, Walker, and T. Vivian." -Mr. W. A. Thompson moved. "That .1 cennmrttee be se.t up to wait upon the Board of Kahication with reference to securing the Windsor Hail for the election _.e_t.ing." This was seconded by Mr. ?. C. Hunt, and a-grnod to, and the foltowing committee wae then appointed: Messrs. W. A. ThcnnfKoa, H. Arnriger. ,P. Mackie. S. C Hunt, T. Vivian, and M____am__s Henley, Roes, Mackie, and Riley. Mr. T. Short (chairman) and Mr. Lethaby. representing the Ponsonby Schools Committee, again interviewed Mr. Garland (chairman) and Mr. Crowe (secretary) ot the Board of Education, this morning, and made, further representations a.s to the need for a large hall for the. householders' annual meeting. It was made clear to them that the meeting having been advertised for Ail Saints' schoolroom, to hold in it any other building would render the pro.eeduige invalid, and they were reluctantly compelled ;o recognise the position. r