NAPIER.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5508, 24 April 1889, Page 3

NAPIER.

The election of a committee for the Napier school district took place last evening in the Theatre Koyal. The householders first met in the schoolroom, and from there adjourned to the theatre. The building was crowded. The Major occupied tho chair, and said he •would call upon the secretary to read tho renort and biilanco-sheet of the past year's WJrk. ANNUAL KCTOIIT. Mr. Hodgson then reiid the report. During the year the attendance had increased considerably. The register showed 1U24 pupils ut the central school, with nn averago attendance of 786. At the Hastings street school tho number on '.ho roll was 175, the average being 17-1. At the examination of thy main school t>o3 presented themselves for examination, <if whom 470' passed. Of 14G at tho Hastings street school 69 had passed. The Committee congratulated tho head-master on the fact that there had not been a single failure in the Sixth Standard, while all the pupil teachers had passed their examinations with credit. The balance-sheet showed receipts for the year amounting to £300 10s lOd, with an expenditure of £20 10s 0d less, which was oarried forward as a balance. Tho Committee commenced the financial year with a balance of 11s 6d only. From the Education Board had been received £237 Hβ Sd, tho remainder being derived from other

"- sources. Tho report and balance-sheet were adopted. SCBtrnNEEJIS. The Mayor said their duty now would be to appoint the serutiueerH. A little confusion ensued hero, some of the householders desiring that six scrutineers chould be appointed. Eventually Messrs D. Roberts, S. Spence, T. Exeter, F. Caesin, and G. MlVay were chosen. Mr. Sponco did not ap- j pear. TEN CANDIDATES NOMINATED The nomination of candidates then took wlaoe, the gentlemen nominated being as follow r-MeaaraT Sidey, t Bear, R. Dick, J. Griinn, P. Glen, J. Gilberd, N. Naphtali, M. Hebden, T. Murphy, and C. T. Williams. Mr Barrett, rose, and, speaking from the circle! desired to know whether the candidates were in favor of giving the school children holidays «.n race days, and if better 'arransementa could be made with reeueot to tho Christmas holidays than at present, by which tho pupils were absent from school six weeks? He also dofeired to know whether tho candidates were in favor of a plan by which a •nupil need not get an entirely new set of Booke when shifted to a higher standard[ .- None of the candidates replied to these questions. The secretary pointed out how the voting was to be done, and as each man passed out of the hall his voting paper was dropped into a box. At eleven o'clock the result of the VOtinK was made known as follows :— Plumperj. Voters. Votes. Sidey, Thomas.. 48 253 831 Naphtali, H. .. 51 \f_ »t Sfe.*:: » » T ,Sti T - M :. S 5 & Bear T. W. .. 17 H>l 429 SU Peter .. 13 138 367 Dick, Robert .. 21 >0* ; "J •Williams, C. T. 24 68 i. <U The first seven were declared elected, and they returned thanks to the householders.

BIBETIHO OF THE SKW COMMITTEE. The newly elected Committee then met iv ho school-room. Present-Messrs. T. Sidey (in the chair), Naphtali, Gilberd, Hebden, Murphy, Griffin, and Bear. Mr Griffin said, as Mr. Naphtali had remarked that Mr. Sidey had been a srood chairman, he did not think they could do better than re-elect him. He moved a -r"' motion to that effect. 1 jfo. Bear seconded the motion. Jle thought they could not have a better chairMr. Murphy moved as nn amendment that Mr. Gilberd be chairman for the ensuinsr year. Mr. Hebden seconded. Mr Naphtali was rather surprised at tho remarke that had fallen from Mr Griffin. Jfr certainly had admittpd that Mr. Sidey £ade a good chairman, but bu had not said anything which would lead them to believe thntho intended supporting Mr. Sidey. In fact, he was quito reverse to this. The Chairman said ho would like to makes B n explanation with reference to the holiday this week. The position was this, llio Visitinsr Committee appointed at tho last Meeting W a» a distinctly differentj institution • it wae a (jub-committee of the Holiday Committee. Mr. Hebden as one of the . Visiting Committee, gave the school children 4L holidays till Wednesday. He (Mr. Sidey) as Chairman of the Holiday Committee HPVer called a meeting, because he had 110 idea' that Mr. Hebden was visiting tho school, or that Mr. Parker or Mr. Hcbdoii had made any arrangements with regard to tho holidays. If ho (the Chairman) had thought that it wan the wish of any member of tho Committee that extra holidays should have been given, he would have willed together a meeting of the Holiday Committee. It was not necessary for tho Holi- „ day CommittfO to meet to consider granting the children holidays on Good Iriday and ISaster Monday; these were recognised holiflaya, but to grant holidays beyond those it would have been necoßenry for the Holiday Commith c to meet. He (tho Chair- ■ man) countermanded the order for the hohL &W that had been granted by Mr. Hebden. r Mr Naphtali said he had not intended to f bring'auy reflection on the Chairman, but he had not stated that he would support Mr Sidey's re-election as Chairman. The amendment of Mr Murphy wan carried, and Mr. Gilberd took the chair. Mr Hodgson was re-elected secretary at £15 per annum (reduced from £20). Tho meeting night was fixed on tho firet Thursday in each month. Messrs. Griffin and Hebden were appointed a Visiting Committee for the month. f Mr. Sidoy was elected treasurer. The meeting adjourned shortly bet ore twelve o'clock.