SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13871, 24 October 1910, Page 2

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Thi! usual monthly meeting of the Linwood North School Committee was held in the schoolroom on Wednesday evening. Present—Messrs W. H. Denton (chairman), R. Carter, J. A. Clarke, W. A. Cooke, S. K. Dixon, It. Kllis and H. Murray. An apology was made for Mr G. Milne, and a letter was received from Jlr A. Hardy (secretary), in which ha statfd- that having left the. district, he regretted the necessity for resigning hu-i position on the committee. The resignation was accepted with regret, and it '.va.s decided to placo on record the committee's appi relation of the able way in ■which Mr Hardy had carried out his duties an a member of the committee, and iiko a& lion, eccrrtary. -Mr J. A. (,'larkts was appointed to the .position for the remainder of the term. The Xci'th Canterbury Board of Education wrote ro leave of absence to Miss Taylor, improvements to the school and grounds, incidental fund and general. The headmaster* report stated that the roll number wa.% now 410, highest attendance on any <ne day W2. avcrajj;o for t!ic: pa«t four weeks 379. The thanks ol the committee were due to Dr. Itussr-ll and Mr I!. Carter for garden seetls, Mr Dixtni for cricket iciiuria], ami.Mr W. A. Cooko tor tennis b.tlL. The (|iiarteily exami'natioiu U-r tlrj differoju ntr.ndard"-; were Leinn held, and the nporu would bo circulated shortly.

The Waltlu'.m Seho-l Committee mot on Thursday, Mr V. A. Dunn presidm;,;. The lifadinaslr's fe[w)tt .showed that the attendance had increased very considerably during the past four weeks, tin. , average attendance l>01111; (J3;i out of a roll number of 091, and tlio hijihi-.yt attendance had been tl-33. It v.a.; hoped thpt the ineivascd attendance would allow oi tho full htaff oi' toni'hors beinii erntinufd lor a period. It was i,Uitrd that .Mr John (.lon , , Waltlnim road. bad jiivon a M'lver-»latcd ttnpot t> the I .sciiool ca'.lev? 11.-. n tropiiy lor compet;- ; tiou at tin. , jr.iniature rifle It ! w.! ch'oidcil t<j fiongratulatt! the headma.stcr on tlir greatly iniprovot] attfiidancf- at tii" school, and also to thar.k .Mr J. Gow ior his kind d< nation or a troyby to the idiool cadet j <-oriv«. 'I'hf <=rciv'tftry \va., instructed ' to write to t!u* Kdiuation Board, en- i t|Uirin» svlioii tlio rapit.iticn grant of ikl per head vouirl bo paid, as the committee were anxious to obtain it -is early as ixwiblo. Tho Committee rop-ortr:! tliat thfy had in-si-oft«l tho sflu.ol and -rounds and fo.iiid everything in fim-olaw ordfr ! M.vMs ihinn and li,<rvw \yen- ai>- i pointed th« Visiting Committee for tIU i nest month.