MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21939, 13 November 1936, Page 4

MID-CANTERBURY

TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL ASHBURTON BOARD MEETS SOUND FINANCIAL POSITION DISCLOSED The Ashburton Technical High School Board of Managers met last evening, when there were Messrs H. Watts (chairman), A. Brown, J. Cook, J. H. Harper, S. Mitchell, R. H. Loy, and Mrs Harriet M. Tinker. The financial statement showed a credit balance of £262 5s lid. The principal (Mr W. Crawford) reported that the attendance had been normal, the percentage being 90. Three boys and three girls had secured positions during the month. Eleven students would receive tuition at the shearing class which would start tomorrow. Two day and one evening students had entered for the university entrance examination, three day students for the school certificate, 16 for the shorthand-typewriting group, and two for the bookkeeping group in the Association of Commercial Science examination, seven for the intermediate examination, and three for the Government shorthand-typists’ examination. On October 29 the school athletic sports were held, there being a good attendance of parents and friends. A silver medal had been presented by Mr L. Dalton, a former pupil, and this would be awarded to the runner-up in the junior athletic championship. Term examinations started on November 2, and would be completed this week. Mr H. Montgomery, of the school staff, had passed the final examination for handicraft teachers. It was decided that no one but pupils of the school should be allowed the use of the swimming baths. The Education Department wrote that no particular scale was laid down for expenditure on break-up ceremonies and prizes, but it was necessary for each school to submit its proposals and obtain the consent of the Minister to the expenditure. Advice that books for the school library would be subsidised up to a limit of £8 15s was also received from the department, which forwarded its approval of the terms fixed by the school for 1937. Prizes for Break-up Ceremony

The principal was authorised to arrange for the purchase of prizes for presentation at the break-up to the limit of £2O 5s which was allowed by the regulations. Grants of £l2 10s from the Ashburton County Council and £5 from the Ashburton Borough Council were received.

The Technical Education Association wrote asking if the school was prepared to become a contributor to the central technological library which it was proposed to establish at Wellington for the use of technical schools in the Dominion. It was proposed that technical schools contribute on the basis of 2d a pupil, and the Education Department would grant a subsidy of 3d for each pupil, making an income of £l6O frgm technical schools and £240 from the department It was decided to approve the proposal and to contribute £2 5s as the first year's grant. The New Zealand Methodist *oung Women’s and Young Men’s Bible class movement forwarded £2 2s for the use of the school for the winter school held at Ashburton in May. The donation was given to the purchase of reference books for the school. A grant of £1 Is was to the Ashburton branch of the Workers’ Educational Association. It was decided to congratulate Mr Montgomery on his success in his examinations, and also to congratulate the staff and pupils on the success of the school at the Ashburton show. The laying of the foundation stone of the new assembly hall by Mr W. G. Hillier was set down for November 27. x t The principal reported that a test which had been made show* that the lighting m the rooms for evening classes was totally inadequate and unevenly distributed, being injurious to the eyesight of the pupils. The chairman, principal, and Mr A. Gordon were asked to make a report on the matter. CROQUET WAIBEKA BEATS ASHBURTON A win by eight games to one was obtained by Waireka against Ashburton B2 in the B grade of the South Canterbury Croquet Association’s competitions yesterday. . The details are as follows (Waireka names mentioned first):— ~ Singles—Miss Hardwick 26. Mrs G. B. Williams 3; Mrs E. Robilliard2B. Mrs E. M. Gabites 22; Mrs J. M. Wilkie 26, Mrs F. Buxton 22; Mrs M. Macmillan 26. Mrs E. A. Cockroft 4; Mrs A. Flatman 26. Mrs J. H. Bond 11: Mrs G Russel] 26, Mrs W. J. Moore 16. Doubles—Miss Hardwick and Mrs Robilliard 26. Mesdames Williams and Gabites 11: Mesdames Wilkie and Macmillan 14. Mesdames Buxton and Cockroft 26; Mesdames Flatman and Russell 26, Mesdames Bond and Moore 13. ASHBURTON PICTURES ST. JAMES’ THEATRE Margaret Sullavan in “The Moon’s Our Home” will be shown finally this afternoon and to-night at the St. James’ Theatre, Ashburton. Apparently Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer spared no expense to bring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and Jean Harlow together to form the perfect triangle, in its brilliant filmisation of Faith Baldwin’s best-seller novel, “Wife Versus Secretary,” coming to the St. James’ Theatre to-morrow and Monday. The picture has a beautiful setting, with smart dialogue. The supporting cast in every way measures up to the high standards set by the picture’s trio of stars. Excellent performances are given by May Robson Hobart Cavanaugh. James Stewart, and George Barbier.