SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS.

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 95, 23 April 1895, Page 4

SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS.

Tho annual meetings of householders fo> the election of School Committees wore hel last night throughout the Wellington Educational District. We append details of the proceedings: — TERRACE. The chair at the meeting of Terrace householders waa occupied by Mr. George Loslie in the absence of the Chairman of the outgoing committee, the Rev. H. Van Staveren. The report stated that the present number of children on the roll was 572, th<avorago attendance for the past quarter having been 496, the best attendance the school had ever had. For the Maroh quarter the attendance was very regular, the average having be»n 88 per cent, of the roll number. T^t>ring the past year the school had insin- - »hed a good position in the Inspector's while four out of the ten city . •chools scholarships were secured by Tert&ce children, two of*them topping the list j*-Tbo most cordial relations continued to ijnst between the committee and the staff. Jle total amount received from the Board j outing the year was £66. Parents had Inscribed £28 7s to the fuel and the prize ••"lads, besides which they had contributed • nnmbei of special prizes. The sum of ■*19 133 lid was expended for prizes and Wcnrsions. The outgoing Committee were W>le to hand over the sohool buildings in j>rttor condition than they had ever been, Jogetl er with a small cash balance, and 'hero wero no debts. A balance-sheet. 'sowing £12 6s 7d in hand, was alao submitted. On the motion of Mr. J. M. Geddia, a^teconcled by Mr. R. Blookwood, the report Hofl Balance-sheet were adopted. The following were eleoted a Committee for tho year: —Rev. H. Van Staveren, Messrs. J. B. Evans, G. Leslie, G. Mcc, John Scott, W. G. Runeie, W. E. Woods, D Wighton, and J. M. Geddia. The Chairman referred to the necessity for an additional playgronnd, and expressed a hope that all parenta would urge upon the City Council to adapt the Town Belt near the school to recreation purposes for the ohildren. Thero wero two Beotiona near Mr. M. Kennedy's —-residence which could be made into an adj mirable playground at a comparatively small k coat Mr. G. MacMorran, tho headmaster, J as tho guardian of some of tho children, endorsed the Chairman's views regarding an additional playgronnd. The meeting then terminated. Votes of thanks were passed to the retiring committee, and the headmaster and his staff. The new committee met afterwards, when the Rev. H Van Staveren was elected Chairman, and Mr. J E. Evans Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. Several parents testified to the able manner in which both these gentlemen had filled the offices in question during the paat year.