PETONE TECHNICAL SCHOOL BOARD.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 80, 6 April 1910, Page 2

PETONE TECHNICAL SCHOOL BOARD.

— Last evening's meeting of the Petone Technical School Board was attended by the chairman (Rev. A. Thomson) and Messrs. Duncan, Southgate, Jones, Tru man, M'Kenzie, Ramsden, Baldwin, and Castle. A letter, addressed to the secretary ] (Mr. Castle), was received from the clerk of the Petone Borough Council, stating that a summons would be issued against him, as a member of the trustees of the Boys' Institute section, which was in debt to the council to the extent of £8 14s 7d, in respect to rates due on the property.. As an alternative, he advised that the council was prepared to relieve the trustees of its responsibility and accept the section on behalf of the j borough, becoming trustees of the same. The trustees would thus be relieved of the responsibility of paying the rates. The question of to whom the section really belonged was raised, some members expressing doubt as to whether the land really belonged to the board. Members, however, appeared to agree that there were other ways of disposing of the section than by handing it over to the Borough Council. Finally, it was unanimously decided to merely receive the communication. It was further resolved to again request Mr. Mothes, as a trustee, to sign a transfer form, finally making over the section to the board. At the same time Mr. Castle intimated that the signatures of himself and the Rev. Mr. Thomson would be attached to the document, and the opinion of a solicitor afterwards obtained as to whether it then really constituted a legal transfer. The report of the director (Mr. J. Lynskey) on the general condition of the classes was xead and adopted. In regard ■to the allotment of free drawing scholarships, the director was instructed to offer three additional free places to the Petone District High School for the primary department, two others to the Hutt High School and secondary classes, and a total of two each to the Taita. Epuni, and Korokoro Schools. The scholarships are to be awarded by the headmaster of each school to pupils displaying a special aptitude for drawing. Congratulations were extended to the director by the chairman on the manner in which he hoe 1 worked up a. matriculation class