WEST COAST NEWS

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22147, 17 July 1937, Page 10

WEST COAST NEWS

BLAKETOWN

SCHOOL

STAFFING QUESTION AGAIN-

DISCUSSED

CHAIRMAN OP COMMITTEE TO INTERVIEW AUTHORITIES

'' The .-tafliiiu at the Blaketown School ! was again discussed at the meeting ; of the "committee on Thursday night. j and it was decided that the chairman, i Mr A. E. Morgan, should interview the secretarv of the Canterbury Edu- | cation Board, Mr L. C. Rowley, at i Christchurch. in an endeavour to have : the matter settled. i A letter was received from the Can- : terbury Education Board saying that ' the Grevrnouth and Blaketown Schools had been staffed for 1937 on !)::> per . cent, of the roll number for the period from September 7 to October 2. 193b'. These figures had placed Greymouth in Grade VIIF. and entitled the school to one headmaster. 14 assistants, and two probationer assistants. The schools were graded separately for staffing, and the board was thus able to regard the schools as entitled to: Greymouth i Grade VIIC), one headmaster, 1! assistants, and two probationer assistants; Blaketown <Grade IVA>. three assistants and one probationer assistant. The position at the end of May was: Main School (Grade VIIC). one he-dmaster. 10 assistants, and two probationer assistants: Blaketown (Grade IVA). three assistants and two probationer assistants. The existing arrangement was: Greymouth. one headmaster. 11 assistants, and two probationer assistants: Blaketown. two assistants and one probationer assistant. These figures showed that the Main School had one teacher in excess of j requirements, and the transfer of one teacher to Blaketown would overcome the difficulty. ! The chairman said that since the letter had been received the roll number had increased considerably, and the school had gone back -to Grade VIIC. and was entitled to the staff. He said that Mrs B. Longstafi h ;ir l begun duties at the Blaketown School following" advice from the Education Department that another teacher could ! be appointed. j After further discussion it was I agreed that the chairman should go I to Christchurch to see the secretary ! of the board. ' .

COLF TITLES

K. W. CAULTON WINS MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

WEST COAST TOI'KNAMENT AT KAIATA Playing excellent golf. B. W. Caulton beat P. Warnes in the final of the West Coast golf championships at the Kaiata links yesterday. In the morning", the match was souare at the fourteenth hole, bin Warnos was two up at the end of th" morning round. Caulton tool: the lead at the eighth in the afternoon, the match was all square at. the twelfth. and then Caulton went into the I'-ad. which he retained to win '.i and 2. After a very close contest. Mrs B. Andrews (Hokitika) beat Mrs A. B. Duthie (Greymouthi. one up. in the final of the women's championship. The women's veteran cup was won by Mrs Nahr ■ West port'. who beat Mrs Foearty (Greymouth l . 4 and 2.

Miss J, Stevenson i Hokitika*. one up. won the women's bogey match played in the morning. Other scores were:—Mrs McKay i Greymouth >. 1 down; Mrs C. Stewart < Hokitika*. 1 down; Mrs Ecelesfield (Hokitika >, :> down; Miss E. Cooke (Hokitika), 2 down.

In a game full of interest from start to finish. C. L. Kettle beat T. Stuart (Hokitika). one up at the twentieth. after conceding him live strokes in the final of the Veteran's (Black and White) Cup competition. The difference between the players was never more than one up, until the sixteenth hole, when Kettle was dormie two. Stuart, playing a determined game. won the next two holes to square the match at the eighteenth. According to the rules governing the competition. the match had to be continued, and the nineteenth was halved. Kettle won the next hole to win the cup for the second time.

A flag match for the men played in the morning was won by D. Fogarty (Greymouth). who took the flag to the nineteenth. Williamson (Templeton) was second with a drive of about 200 yards on the nineteenth fairway.

The mixed foursomes was won by C. McKechnie and Mrs J. W. Hannan with a score of 53 net.

GREYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL

LOAN OK £ 11,750 TO JiE RAISED A decision to raise a loan of £1 1.750 to pay the outstanding balance, £1320. of the Cobden Town Board's loan of £3OOO, and The outstanding balance £9938, of the council's antecedent liability loan of £II.OOO, was made by the Crreymouth Borough Council at a special meeting on Thursday night. The loan, together with interest, is to be repaid by 30 equal half-yearly payments of £4lO 18s sd. and a final payment of £3730 17s lid on June 1, 1952.

GREY MAIN SCHOOL COMMITTEE

DANGER TO CHILDREN WHEN CROSSING ROAD

The satisfactory financial position of the Grey Main School Committee was ' commented on by members of the committee at the monthly meeting on Thursday, after Mr H. Herring presented a financial statement. Mr A. E. Morgan was in the chair. Mr Herring said that there was a credit at the bank at present of £ll9 13s 6d. After allowing for tiie caretaker's salary, before setting the next grant there would be £74 13s 6d left, and the liabilities totalled £77 14s 3d. The chairman said that there was a donation of £5 from the Home and School Association to come in. The Canterbury Education Board advised that the allowance for the vear ending March 31. 1938. would be £250. The department had not yet been advised as to how much the increased grant would be. but it would advise the committee as soon as possible. The Grey branch of the Automobile Association. Canterbury, drew attention to the dangerous practice of motor-cars parking in front of the Main School gates in Tainui street, as children were in the habit of running out between the cars. The association < had supplied signs three years ago to be used when the children were crossing the street, and would appreciate it if the signs were given a trial. Several members said that they had seen the sign in use. Mr Herring said that if the children were let out at 11.50 a.m. for lunch they would be clear before the traffic came out. It was agreed to notify the head-1 master that the children were not to >ie kept in after 11.50.

TECHNICAL HIGH

SCHOOL

SFORTS SUCCESSES AT WESTPORT

REPORT TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS

'•We do not wish to gloriiy sport at the expense of study, but it is pleasiij 14" to see that pupils of the school are taking a keen interest in sport," said ;.he report presented to the board of managers of the Westport Technical Hish School at the monthly meeting en Thursday night by the principal iMr J. Metson).

-The school teams have had remarkable success this season," the report continued. "The football team won the third grade Phillips Cup without a loss, and also the matches against Groymomh Technical College and Reef ton' District High School and the seven-a-side tournament. The A basketball team is only one point behind the Old Girls' team in the Westport competition and has also won three inter-school games and two open tournaments. The B team has not yet been beaten in the Westport competitions." There were present—Messrs J» H. Uarkness (chairman). C. W. Garvey, J. M. Robertson. F. Kni«ht, J. W. Jope, A. Hunter. D. P. Mtimm, F. Calnon. Mrs Bird, and the principal and secretary (Mr J. Metson).

The principal's report said that the roll in the day school was 116. The evening school classes were maintainin.u - their attendances fairly well. Nearly all the men who joined the classes for registered unemployed had now been provided with permanent work. The attendance had dropped L'nnsidcrably, and there seemed to be no adequate reason for continuing the classes. Mrs Bird, as parents' representative, and Mr Jope, as representative of the Nelson Education Board. had been re-elected to the board of inanasjors.

Support for a proposal to be placed before the coming technical education conference to have the salaries of principals of technical schools and secondary schools placed on a more even basis was s<>u«lu in a letter received !rom Ihe principal-secretary of the Hawera Technical Hiuh School.

Mr Metson said that the principals of technical schools had more classes to look after but were paid <m a lower scale than secondary school principals. At Wcstport. if the en.£>inecrim;, woodwoi k. and commercial elasse:: were abolished and the school made into a secondary school, then the principal's salary would rise by £IOO.

It was decided to support the recpiost from Hawera. The meeting decided to write to the Education Department about ihe unemployed classes.

WORKERS* E DVC ATIONAL ASSOCIATION

LKCTI'RK GIVEN AT WKSTI'ORT

A general lecture on eighteenth ccntury literature, with particular reference to the rise of the novel, occupied the evening at the weekly meeting of the Wcstport branch of the Workers' Educational Association on Thursday evening. In the absence of the president and tutor iMr A. McDonald). Mr W. P. Jackson presided. Before the lecture began Mr Jackson -gave a brief address on topics at present receiving attention in the newspapers, particularly education and monetary affairs. The lecture was read by Mr F. A. Marriott, and at its conclusion a general discussion was held. Speakers coniined themselves principally to consideration of means of developing a literary taste and inducing people to read books of a better class.

DITTMAN SHIELD WESTLAND TEAM FOR

TO-DAY Tiie followiim team has been selected to represent Westland in the Rugby match against Greymouth at Hokitika this afternoon:—Full-back, G. Stapleton; three-quarters. Muir. Agnew. Ffahlert: five-eighths. J. West. R. Roberts: hal c -back. M. Davidson (captain); forwards. Oldham, Thorpe. Flowers, Wieblilz. Gardiner, Buckingham. Garden. A. Tainui. Reserves: Backs, Fleming. McGJashan: forwards. Diedrichs, Thompson.

WESTPORT DEBATING CLUB

The subject for discussion at the weekly meeting of the Westport Debating Club was "That Education is Essential to Human Happiness." The affirmative was taken by Mr Maitland. seconded by Mr L. O'Neil and Miss O'Gorman, and the negative by Mr W. P. Jackson, seconded by Mr C. M. Robertson and Mr T. Shaw. Mesdames Risk. Atkinson, and Mr Blair also spoke. The voting gave a decision in favour of the alfirmative.

The club has a new meeting place in Russell street near Victoria square.

ISASKETIJALL AT WESTPORT

Ba&kctbaU matches played at Westport on Thursday evening resulted - St. Mary's A 15. St. Mary's B 4; St. Andrew's A 9. St. Mary's Old Girls 2; St. Mary's A 10. Athletic A 4.

REEFTON PLUNKET SOCIETY

Members of the Reefton Plunket Society met at the home of Mrs and Dr. Wicken to say farewell to Mrs G. Dick, who will shortly leave to live in Greymouth. Mrs Dick was secretary of the Reef ton branch of the socio fv for some years. Mrs Wicken presented Mrs Dick with crystalware on behalf of members.

FAREWELL PARTY AT REEFTON

Miss N. Coghlan, of Reefton, a member of the staff of the Mines Office at Reefton, who has been transferred lo the head office at Wellington, was met at a party at the residence of Mr and Mrs A. W. Turner, Reefton. by members and supporters of the United Basketball Club. Miss S. Olson, club captain, in asking Miss Coghlan to accept from club members a fountain pen and pencil set, thanked her for her support and work in club activiI ties, and for her keen interest in the j sport. Mr L, Wood, of the Dominion | Hou?e team, replied for Miss Coghlan.

WOMEN'S INSTITUTES !

WKSTI'ORT Mis F. Wood presided at the monthly meeting of the Westporl Women's Institute in St. Andrew's Hall. Mrs Morris, of Ngakawau. district federation secretary, gave her report cf the conference held in Wellington. Mrs A. Wilkie gave a demonstration on papier mache, and a competition for an article of papier mache will be added to the month's competitions. The winners of competitions were:— Best oven scones: Mrs Hawes 1. Mrs McGreeney 2, Mrs Phillips 3. Something made from something old: Mrs Webby 1. Miss Theobald 2. Mrs Arnold 3. The hostesses were Mesdames Luff and Phillips, jun.

GKAXITY Mrs Hopkinson presided al a meeting of the Granity Women's Institute in the Anglican Hall at Granity. Three new members were welcomed and enrolled, and it was decided to hold a "bring and buy" afternoon at a later date in aid of the institute funds. Nurse Murray, who is leaving the district, was presented with a gift. The competition, "best sugar-bag article," was won by Miss Dowgray. with Mrs M. Rennie second and Mrs Edwards third. Mrs M. Rennie gave a demonstration on wool work flowers and tinfoil pictures. The hostesses were Mesdames Saunders, Mann, and Miss Tippen.

HECTOR Mrs Walker presided at the meeting of the Hector Women's Institute. The evening was spent in games and items given by Mesdames Crowe, C. Marton, and J. Brown. A play was staged by Mesdames McKendry, Crowe, and Brown. A "bring and buy" of parcels not to exceed the value of 6d, was held. The competition, "article from a flour bag." was won by Mrs Levy, with Mrs Crowe second, and Mrs Luff third, and Mrs Campbell highly commended. A vote of thanks was accorded the judges, Mesdames Quinn and Power. Two new members were enrolled.

STOCKTON Mrs Hum presided at the meeting of the Stockton Women's Institute, when the president and secretary of the Millerton Institute were the guests of the evening. A competition, a knitted cushion cover in knitting silk, resulted: —Mrs McGhie 1, Mrs Chippendale 2. The judges were Mesdames Jose and Brownlie. The evening's competitions were won by Mesdames Burns, Plummer. and Chippendale. Items were given by Mesdames Miller and P. Shearer. It was decided to forward grants to the King George V National Memorial Fund and to the Spanish refugees' fund.

BURNETT'S FACE Mrs Roper presided at a meeting of the Burnett's Face Women's Institute, when two new members were enrolled. A crochet doily competition resulted: Mrs Nelson 1, Mrs Roper 2.

BIRCHFIELD

Mrs Mann presided at a meeting of the Birchfleld Women's Institute. A demonstration of richelieu work was

given by Miss Mann. A competition for a knitted beret resulted as follows: — Mrs, Mann 1. Mrs J. Griff 1 thy and Mrs J. dimming.-: (equal) 2. Mrs W. Watson hj c. The social hour was spent in music and dancing, the lucky-spot dance being won by Mesdames Hult and Carey. The hostesses were Mesdames Strang. Watson, Anderson, and Miss Seymour.

KOITERAXGI Mrs Hai-court presided at the July I meeting of the Koiterangi Women's I Institute. Six new members were wel- | corned. Mrs W. Havill demonstrated : the making of flowers from wood fibre. i A letter from a link in England was read to the meeting. Competitions resulted as follows: —Buttonholes 'senior). Mrs Rochford 1. Mrs Boddington 2. Mrs W. Havill 3: junior. Misses E. Boddington 1. C. Michel 2, G. Higgins 3; show article (senior). Mrs Havill 1, Mrs Rochford 2: junior, Misses G. Higgins and E. Little (equal) 1: thrift article (senior). Mrs Havill 1, Mrs Rochford 2. Mrs Tinetii 3: junior. Miss C. Michel 1, Miss A. Havill 2.

SOCIAL AT DEXXISTOX A farewell social to Mr R. Woods, who is leaving Denniston, was given by the officials of the Westport Coal Company. Mr W. Hewitson. mine manager, presenting Mr Woods with an engraved fountain pen, spoke of his good work. Other speakers were Mr Wearne, Mr Openshaw. Mr Kelly, and Mr Macßurney. Mr Woods was also presented with a gift by the members of the local Plunket Society.

The vestry of the Anglican Church met at Mr Woods's home arid presented him with a small gift of esteem. Mrs Killeen. who made the presentation, said that he would be greatlv missed by the members of the church.