PETONE TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1941, 26 December 1913, Page 8

PETONE TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

*—~—* ■ — ■- :.;,''-;.i<\'.': A mooting-of tiro Petone'.' Technical. ■; School Committee was hold on Tuesday evening, iho Rev. A., Thomson ■■ presiding. The report submitted by the diroe- '. tor (Mr. J. H. Lynskey) showed that , tho progress of the school had boon most pronounced during the. year.: In ■ some eases tho attendance of pupils had i been in-eguUr, duo largely.to continued . wot weather. The wool-sorting ■ class ; had been a distinct success, ■ and... re- ; ceived great assistance from Messrs. Si , and H. Hurridge, Burke,, and Nelson.■• .j Applications havo been, received frotti- ] all over tho Dominion for wool-elassors. , Pupils who have passed through ■,ilio \ school have received appointments in 1 various sheds, and their knowledge is \ highly spoken of.. Excellent;,work hns ; been done by the plmnbinK. electricity,' matriculation, chemistry, millinery, Eug- ] lish, arithmetic, and shorthand ,; and , typewriting classes, .The diessmaiting ji class lias been disappointing.'-.A'good r r-tart was made, hut thcro was a' largo , decrease of pimits ill tho second-'and- , third terms. Tho carpentry daw ' has j done, an excellent year's, work, and some of tho work is a credit- to the pupils and . to their very eniTmsisastie -j Mr. F. Walton. The staff has been most j loyal and gncn generous support * ( throughout tho year. f