EDUCATION BOARD.

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 122, 25 May 1905, Page 6

EDUCATION BOARD.

MONTHLY MKKTJNG. When tin* Education Board met to-day there wciv pie-sent : Jlwsri, J.imcs Holleri.M.n (Chairman), A. W. Hogg. M.H.U., W. C. Buchanan, M H.R., 'I. W. M'Donsild, K. Feist, W. 11. Field, M.H.K., W. Allan, and J. Kebhell. VISAXCE. The st-utonient of finances after provision for p.ty.sheet was us follow.-,: — Building account debit £22Ll Bs, adimniMr.ition account credit £1917 14h; total debit balance, £293 13s Id. ScioiuLiiv education credit £299 13s 7d, tethmuil eiluealion credit £15. iimnual and technical school cW«e.s credit £303 &s 3d, luichvir.' a«lnri<«* trodk £255 12s 2d; total oedit balance £873 14s 2d ; credit to dt-poMl i'ecount, £11 15s 6(1; credit ImL.ik.i- oh j2sl|i Muy. £50' l 16.s 7d; uuht K.luneo Uflh May, £839 Is 3d: <oiilim-t liabilities at 2onl May, £960 Us lOd. The. p.iy.-hi'Pt w,i S , 1S follow.-. ;—AdtiiiniMr.il ion £'^86 17s Bd. Kcoudaiy rduc>. tion, £12,5 J6s Od ; mauial .tnd icchiucal school . la-;.,',, £195 8s KM; te.uheis' ,5.,1.iriws. £iiB2i <l« lU\; building. £571 13« 9:1; deposit, £?.; iot.il, £5000 1« lOd. In the eouiv of n short du-riuvsion on (lv« lmlitic^-.v!tct-t. Mr. M'Dkiiilil spoke of tho ntve^ity thut would soon iihh" for entting new w hool.s in the distri<t. Mount Cook, \Vcllinj!loii, mmn .i 1.i.-u in point. How the nmiuv for Hkk,. bi - xwork.i iviii to I).- freciiu-ii wufl nu.ttu K.i conbideuitiun. It \v,\h his opinion lh.it Iho Uourd .shou'd stitt a binkinjj fund for school n>buildmg purpose!*, iind at v l-'itei-Mnge of tho inceUug he. would move to thtit effect . It was reported by the Works nnd V\niwice Coiiiiiutlce tint the following |p». ders lititi bcui Jicceptod since la.st Itonul mectiijK:— Tcuui (l'\ Hiirding), £43 4< 6.1; Upp.-r Uutt (.1. H. Turner), £72 !)•> M-, Ciosx Civek. ies|dctiee (W. Uenlon). £37 10s ; CW Cicek, school (F. Hejiton), £5 10s; Uieytown, rct,idenc«> (J. C. Heard), £17; Hoard building (O. Humphreys), £262 10«; tot.il, £438 Is. Tho Committee lecommcndvd that the following Rrants be inado : South Wollin^lon, hr.itinj; Icinjiorary schoolrooms, £34; South Wellington, extm kindergarten material, £10; XirciUui, fencing, £18; Kakitiiki, jjnuit for fencing, £2; Mount Cook, grant for two stoves, three mats; Johnsonville, grant for new tank ; M,»knra, grnnl for new tank • Tenui, culvert nnd removing willows, £4; .Shannon, jn.mt £25 Ravelling nt now school ; l'ohiutiia, £5 for school Hpnarnlus, (lit committee contributing £5; Kilbirnie, sntaidy of 10s on ©very £1 locullv contiibuted up to £40, for n«>phnlting,"£s{> has been raised. The coinmil tee's recommendations wcro nil adopted. Three .ipplicntions were >h~ clinod. Included amongst llu.se wus one fiomthe Intone 'lVchnicfil School, that the Education lioard bear cost of p,,is (ittiii!;s for rooms uv«l by tecbniial tl.i.s.si'i. The Hoard consented to the election of gymnasium at iM.irtinborough School, tho building to be tlu> property ol the .Board nnd subject to the commit'tcc's control. A report by n special committee concerning truant officers recommend* d th.it tho present truant officers, at Mastciton, P.ihiiilua, and Orcytown be dispensed with, and that one officer, to be controlled fiom Wellington, bo appointed to act for the whole education district. This recommendation wa? made partly on tho {{round of economy. Mr. Hogg condomned the proposal. It was !i suggestion to leveit to a sv.it em that had been previously tried and 'found unsatisfactory. The oilicer appointed at MaNleiton hud dono excellent woik. 'Iho suggestion wii.s- siinp'y tidiculous ; and as to the pioposed waving, tho saving would bo a morn bagatelle. Messrs. M'Uomild. Uiicliaiiiin, nnd Feist also condemned the proposal. Mr. Huchaimn doubted if one man cpuld cover tho ground. Air. Field expressed n similar opinion, and said ho would like to hear from tho special committee (tho Chairman of the Board, its Seeietnry, and tho two Inspectors) tJio reasons upon which they based their recommendations. The Cliniinian said there was no debire to minimise the services of the country truant inspectors; but it was a fact Hint at Kketahmm, where there had been no oilicer for thioe months past, tho averago nt tendance was about as good as u.t Masterton, wheio tho truant oflicer had been labouring. The figures wore tespective'.y 89.6 and 89.1. One olllcci should bo able to contiol Iho district ; thero were only 152 schools here, while in OUigo theio were 220 schools, which were cllieiently looked after by one tiuant inspector. Theio were three thousand inoro childieu there, nnd their attendanco waft much higher than ouu. Howevnr, the Chainuan was willing (hat the repoit be leforred b.ick if the Board \va*< of opinion that one countiy inspector nhould bo letained. Mr. W. Allan objected to the report ! bemi; vefencd b.ick. j Mr. Hogg moved "That the truant ofltI Pers of M.istefton and Grey town be each paid £50 per annum, on t lie undciblandlng thut they \isit tho several schools wjt.hui the retucotive district*,"

Mr. M'Don.ild .seconded tho motion. 'I lie t'li.iiinun objeeUd to it, and asked why hliould tlio two inspectors mentioned bo given piefercnte over the other iuhpeuiois of the distiict Mr. Allan b.iitl tin- piopos,\l w<is 111011Mrous. it w.\.s really .i piopostil tf> increate by £25 the wil.uy of one man wliofo wink had I.iUly betn though' ui>N.iti>lucli)ry. Mr. Fei.it suggested that (lie motion be altcicd to pi o vide for one district in frteud of two. Kvenlually the motion was withdrawn, iiiul lhe repoit was icferred back to tin' committee with a lerommcndiition lli.it thu report be aid red in the dnection inditntul by Mr. llogg'h niolion as altered to meet Mr. Feiht's suggestion. In icspeci lo & disputed eleolioh of a Sciiool Commit tc at West T.u.ilahi, the Board decided that the fact.s dtsclavd did not iiuiku llio Horn. l feel it necessaty to order another elect :<>n. A similar resolution in icg.ud lo an Kpuni dispute was n i rived at Tho Hoard lesolvod that it was inadvisable to nurch.isi; the residence of Mr. Beddingfield at llumua; that the clerk ol works attend to necessary lepaira al J'lketuluiua School and le.iidcncei; and that small noccMMiry work.s to outbuildings nt L'ongaroa nnd Makomako be curried ovit. A tank is to be procured for llamua School. Tho Hoard was asked by the Education Department to prepare plans for a two-stuiy brick building at South Wellington. It was mentioned that tht Government desired the building to be one of two stories. The Chairman considered it inadvisable to erect two-siory buildings when sufficient ground was available for single-story building*. The members of the Board were all of like opinion, and it whs resolved to reply Uianking tho Education Department for its proposal to build in brick, out expressing tho Board's disapproval of two-story buildings. (Left sitting )