MARANUI

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 92, 18 April 1916, Page 3

MARANUI

The meeting of the householders of Maranui was presided over by the Rev. H. Begg. The annual report was adopted. Good progress has been made during the year, as shown by the headmaster's report. . The number of children at present on the roll is over 560, and is steadily increasing, extra accommodation having had to be provided during the past year. Receipts for the year totalled £147, expenditure £134 5s 7d, leaving a credit balance of £12 14s sd. Owing largely, to the extraordinary conditions occasioned by the war, the committee had not during the year attempted any extensive new works, but had been content, so far as lay within its functions, to preserve the school .buildings nnd grounds in the excellent condition in which their predecessors left them. Several improvements had, however, been effected by the Education Board at the instance ot the committee. '

In connection. with the health of the children, the committee expressed its appreciation of the . interest taken by the teachers in the sport of the children. Especially gratifying was the work done in connection with the school swimming classes, conducted during the summer months by the teachers for boys and girls. During the year the committee had been obliged to I exercise strict economy, to enable it ti carry on its work. It acknowledged with thanks the receipt of contributions from the teachers of amounts aggregating £11 14s, as also the response of the local public to an appeal for funds, the sum of £7 13s 6d having been collected or voluntarily contributed. A vote of thanks was aocorded to Mr. Blake (headmaster), and a resolution expressing confidence in the whole staff was unanimously carried..

Tho following nine wore elected members of the committee, ior the ensuing year : —Alex. A. Gellatly (26 votes), Henry Robert Page (29 votes), Frederick Chas. Gentry (27 votes), Percy George Easson (25 votes), Alfred W. Bradford (24 votes), James Christie (23 votes), Frederick J. Evans (20 votes), Henry E. Moston (20 votes), S. G. Lovell (16 votes). Mr. Gellatly was elected chairman and Mr. Christie secretary.