HAWKE'S BAY EDUCATION BOARD.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3547, 21 November 1882, Page 2

HAWKE'S BAY EDUCATION BOARD.

This Day

The Board met at 11 a.m. Present: Messrs J. D. Ormond (chairman), S. Locke, Rev. D. Sidey, and Captain Russell. CORRESPONDENCE. The following inward correspondence was read: — From the Auckland Education Board (telegram), stating that lot 13, town of Gisborne was not vested in the School Commissioners, who were not aware of its being an education reserve.—Consideration deferred until further information has been received from Gisborne. From Gisborne Committee, applying to have the head master remunerated on the usual scale for instructing Misß Brown, a pupil teacher, for her E. certificate.—Agreed to. From the same, advocating the establishment of a high school within Cook County, and requesting the Board to cause a bill to be prepared and laid before the next Parliament with a view to obtaining such.—After some discussion it was resolved that the secretary forward a reply expressing the Board's sympathy with the Committee, and informing the latter that it, together with the residents of the district, must take action in the matter, as was just recently done in Napier. The question was outside the power of the Board to deal with. From Makatoku Committee, applying for a teacher's residence, and recommending the appointment af Miss Annie Friberg°as a candidate for pupil teacher. —The appointment of Miss Friberg was approved subject to the usual conditions. From Ormondville Committee, applying (1) for £5 for re-building school chimney injuried by an earthquake, and (2) for £10 for filling in playground, which is at present too low.—No. 1 application granted; No 2 deferred until information shall have been received from Wellington of amount due for building purposes. From the chairman Mohaka Committee, complaining that Mrs Smith, the teacher, had closed the school without permission on Monday, 17th October.— Agreed to inform the mistress that she should consult the Committee before closing the sGhool. From Taradale Committee, applying to have a class room erected, also asking that the ventilation of the main school be seen to.—Deferred until information respecting amount of available funds for building shall have been received from Wellington. From Napier Committee, (1) recommending Miss Spriggs for appointment as a pupil teacher, (2) drawing attention to a leakage in the roof of the infant's school, and (3) applying for a grant of £25 to meet a demand for overdue borough water rates.—No. 1, approved ; No. 2, Committee to furnish estimate of cost; \ No. 3, amount granted subject to its being ehown that the £25 is required for the object stated only. From Ormond Committee, recommend- j ing Mis Helen Murphy for appointment | as a pupil teacher, and applying to have a teacher's residence erected. — Miss Murphy's appointment as a candidate j pupil teacher was approved. The appli-

cation for a residence was deferred for the same reason as stated in other similar cases above.

From Wairoa Committee, applying (1) to have a concrete slab fixed outside the school door at a cost of 30s, and (2) to have a proper dividing fence erected on the school ground.—No. 1, granted ; No. 2, deferred until information respecting funds shall have been received from Wellington.

From Waipawa Committee, (1) recommending the appointment of Miss M. Arrow ac a pupil teacher, (2) asking the Board to do the works to belfry and porch previously applied for on condition that the Committee shall carry out the distempering work, and (3) stating that a black board very much damaged, and which had evidently been sent in the first instance to Hastings, and refused there, had been received by the Committee from the Board.—No. 1, approved; No. 2, Committee to send estimate of cost of belfry and porch works ; No. 3, tbe inspector reported that the black board was quite new and good when forwarded from Napier, and had never been sent to Hastings.

From Mr Habens, pointing out that the date for holding the examinations for Sir William Fox's prizes takes place on December Ist, and asking the Board to appoint supervisors in accordance with the forms prescribed.—The Inspector, said the only candidates for the prizes resident in this district attended the Woodville school, and Mr Thomas Moore, chairman of that school, had consented to act as supervisor.

From the Board's architect, reportiog on the several school buildings within the district, and forwarding plans and specifications of works done by him since his appointment.—Received.

From the inspector (report), statinsr that he had proceeded for the purpose of visiting Kumeroa village, settlement with Mr Gilbert on the 11th instant, but the floods prevented them from making a proper inspection of the place, or ascertaining the actual number of children of school age resident there. Mr Gilbert, however, had given him a list of twenty names, and had offered to build a school similar to the one at Heretaunga for £180, of which amount the settlers would subscribe £40. The Inspector was favorable to the proposal provided a teacher's residence could be arranged for. From the Inspector reporting, with reference to the new school recently erected at Wainui, that he feared the building would be absolutely useless for school purposes owing to the many divisions that existed amongst the residents of the district on the subject of education. None of the people to whom the Inspector had addressed himself seemed to care whether the school was opened or kept closed. midsummer holidays. It was agreed that the midsummer holidays in the various schools should commence on December 21st and terminate on January 20th. BONUSES TO TEACHEHS. The Inspector reported that there will be about £600 to be divided among the teachers on the results of the annual examination. SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION. The Inspector presented a report on the state of the school buildings in the districts which he had just visited. The schools at Gisborne, Port Ahuriri, Frasertown, Taradale, Takapau, Ormondville, and Makatoku were all overcrowded, while at Frasertown, Gisborne, Takapau, and Makatoku the air was so vitiated that he (the Inspector) was compelled to send the younger children outside during the progress of the examinations. Until more accommodation is provided the Inspector suggested that the Board should insist upon no more children being admitted into any of the schools named, as any further overcrowding during the coming summer months mightlead to disastrous results.—Resolved on the motion of Mr Sidey, seconded by Mr S. Locke, " That the report be sent to the Minister of Education with an urgent request that the requirements of the Board (which have long since been placed before the Government) may receive early consideration. The position of the Board in this respect is most unsatisfactory. At every meeting urgent appeals are made that schoolroom space may be afforded. The financial year is already far advanced, and the heat of summer is approaching, yet no steps are taken by the Government to place at the disposal of the Board the portion of the funds voted by Parliament which may be allotted to this district for school accommodation.'' EXAMINATION REPORTS. The Inspector's reports on the following schools were laid on the table:— Wallingford, Porangahau, Norsewood, Takapau, Heretaunga, ABhley-Clinton, and Makatoku, aho progress reports oa the Dannevirke, Makaretu, Woodville, Ormondville, Blackburn, Napier, Petane, Port Ahuriri, and Taradale schools. THE SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION. Pursuant to notice, the Rev. D. Sidey moved, " That the decision to which the Board has come, limiting scholarships to primary subjects, be rescinded, and the regulations be so framed as to provide that one schoolarship in four be employed for the promotion of education in the secondary subjects." After some delay Mr Locke seconded the motion pro forma, which was lost on the voices. Mr Sidey entered his protest against the original motion, and moved that it be forwarded to the Minister for Education. After some considerable discussion this proposal was also negatived. The Board adjourned at 12.45.