EDUCATION BOARD.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 78, 28 September 1907, Page 8

EDUCATION BOARD.

After the Post went to press yester- I 'day the following business was trans- j acted at the Education Board meet- ' ing:— In response to a petition from the residents of Wadestown, asking that a more central site be provided for the school, it was decided that the members of the city wards should visit the local- I dty and, report. J 'Ait application for a _ for £ subsidy j on £10 raised by lectures at the Train- i ing College, in order to furnish a students,' common-room, ivas granted. j A sum of £1200 was authorised for ex- j penditure on a woodwork room at South j ■Wellington. The question of school j sites at the-Lower Hutt, Petone, Eketa- J huna, and Pahiatua was discussed. The j Education Department stated that £1125 j had been voted towards purchasing a ! site on the eastern side of the Lower j (Hutt. -Mr. Wilford has been informed j that the Government is ready to grant f a £ for £ subsidy up to £1125. I With regard to the Petone site, a j special committee had carefully inspect- I ed the ground, and was of opinion that j the- back portion was altogether unsuit- < able."' "It recommended that the board ; should acquire a sufficient area of dry j laid'on thVside abutting on tie main i .Butt-road,, including the whole of the | frontage to the road. The report of i the committee was adopted, and it was ■ 'decided to acquire the land recommend- ! cd. j Mr Vile and the chairman reported i that they had inspected the site under ! purchase^ at Pahiatua. Tt was decided j to 'confirm the recommendations of the i committee/and inform the school authorities at Pahiatua that the previous resolution'of the board could not be altered. ! It was decided, on the recommendation of the Works and Finance Committee, to accept the offer of £15 for rent oj_ residence site at the Lower Hutt. with a tenancy from year to year, terminable by either party giving six < mpnths' notice in writing. j -ifhVtender of.Messrs. J. and A. Wil- : san.;.£32,l2s_6d, for drainage at South j Wellington, was .accepted. j - The following allowances vtece made • to teachers and committees in compensa- , tiori J for losses by fire :—South Wellington teachers, £20: Ilukanui. committee £3, teachers, £5 10s; Alfredtown, committee £1 10s; Ohau, committee £10. teachers £3 10s. The grants represent approximately half cost of books actu ally .used in instruction. With regard to the use of septic tanks for schools, it' was decided to reply/, to the Wairarapa, School Committees' Association -that the board had not expressed general disapprobation of tne septic ' tank" system, and had the matter under" consideration. /The board decided to vote £20 in settlement of the water supply difficulty at Kaiwarra. Further grants were £96 for the Kaitoke School alterations, and £77 for repairing the Kilbirnie School. 'The statement of finances showed * credit balance on building and genenl accounts of £1282 Is 7d. and on technical and other accounts £2777 9s 4d, against •which were contract liabilities £1047 16s Bd. The pay sheet, amounting to £7063 17s, was passed. A subcommittee consisting of the chairman, Messrs'. Vile and Aitken, was authorised to deal with the ques tion of the larger, works at .South Wellington, Mt. Cook, the Upper Hutt, and Pahiatua. Mr. Vile moved that the present gcEool site at Eketahuna be sold and the offer of another site of three acres be accepted, provided that the Government paid half the cost. Mr. Hogg seconded. Tho motion was carried, Messrs. Aitken, Vile, and Hogg being authorised. to interview the Minister of Education.

On Tuesday afternoon a meeting of the women's branch of tho Navy League will be held. A ipecial meatin" of tho Wellington Drivers' Industrial Unio.i of Workers will bo held in th* Trades and Labour Council Cbambar* en Tuesday •voninj. A poll of th» ratepayers of tho JohnlonviUa Town District will bo taken on Monday to raise- * loan of £1000 for establishing nil acetylene gas plant for street lighting. The polling place will be at tho office of tha Town Board, on Main-road. Tho closing korcro of tho Wellington Skvago Club for the ceanon will bo held on Saturday .next, the sth prox. The Governor has intimated his intention of being present. ' Tho D.S.A., Cuba-street, notify that they are making a specialty of their rnili linery this season and invite inspection.