NELSON NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1924, Page 4

NELSON NEWS

SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS

(raoii our own corkissfondint.)

NELSON, 29Ui April. The annual meeting of householders of thts Kelson Town 'Schools Committee was held on Monday evening. Mr. E. E. Boyes' was voted to the chair. The secretary, Jl'r. K. Gilbert, read the annual report, which showed the attendance had been well maintained throughout the year. The roll number was 1053—boys 552, girls 501.. The opening of a full school at Hampden street affected the attendance at the Girls' Central i- ..jol. The committee regretted the Joss sustained by the resignation of Mr. Gibbs, and desired to place on record its appreciation of his long and valuable services at the Boys' Central School. Modern methods of instruction in the infant department had been adopted, and a specially traiued infant mistress (Miss Kemp) was in charge at Tasman street, which was now purely an infant school. The pupils and staffs at Haven road had dpne very fine work in raising funds for various" school im- , p-rovements, and .their efforts had been most successful. At Haven road c, piano had been purchased with the proceeds, and at Shelbourne street a very fine school library had been started, and funds were still available for the purchase of a basket ball equipment and for preparing the necessary ground. . The committee has a credit, balance of, £79 18s Bd. "It, must be mentioned, however, that fiso.. of the amount is . money raised by voluntary contributions, and as such cannot be regarded as committee's funds." '. The report and balance-sheet were . adopted. • The old committee were re-elected without a ballot. These are Mesdames Fell and Tillyard. Messrs. • Fi-eacher Stringer, Boyes, Miiligan. Ivl'Conchie. Wood, and Easdale. On the motion of Mrs. Watson, a hearty vote of appreciation pi Mr. F. G. Gibba's work was carried. A -j'.^cription list was open in the refill l;« provide a piano for the Tasman Street School, Mr. C. y. Fell being appointed treasurer. A substantial beginning was made. AT MOTUEKA. At Motueka the schoolroom was crowded on Monday evening to elect a school committee. Sixteen nominations were ■ received for nhie seats. Unusual interest was evoked by the fact that Mr. D. W ■lalbot and six other candidates stood with the idea, if elected, of re-instatin" the hop-picking holidays. Mr. G. \f , Boundy, chairman of the school' committee, was elected chairman, and expressed pleasure at so many beiii" present. A comprehensive report and satisfactory balance-sheet were presented and adopted. The chairman stated that while they\ had a competent staff and committee, such as they had at present, changes were best left alone. The election results were not known until 11.30 p.m., and were as follow :—G W all 164, P. V. Knapp, H. D. M'Glashan 15G, J. T. Brought L Desaunais 142, W. Fredea 130, C. B 'Morris (all elected), C. J. Boyes 70, E, GocdTV. 6^ J n- ,uKi"S B7' W- Bl'idle 05, D. W. Talbot 55, A. E. Fry 54 H Trewavas 52. Mr. Morris explained that he had allowed himself to be nominated ,so that if elected he would do Ills best * "tor the staff and the education of the . children. He" belonged ' 'to "no party There were 219 votes cast, and all the retiring members of the committee, who offered themselves for re-election, were elected. At a subsequent meet-in" of the committee, Mr. Boundy was elected chairman, Mr. Hart treasurer, and Mr -Morris secretary, pro tern. The tender of Messrs. Chamberlain and Hanard has been accepted for the erection of a new residence for the Bishop at Bishopdale. The same firm has also secured the contract for the erection of a new police station" at Port Nelson. , .Eight building permits (including one for a new dwelling), Q f the total value ot £914, were issued by the City Engineer during the past fortnight. lhe St. John's (Methodist) Schoolroom was crowded last evening, when the ] Hey. H. L. Blamires, who has recently returned.from a. trip to the. Old Land, spoke for two hours in a highly interesting manner of the ioUmeyings of himself, and Mrs. Blamires.' The audience were greatly entertained, both by the hne descriptive matter and over 100 aiitern views from photographs taken uy Air. blamires from New Zealand to London/ (calls being made at Australia and South Africa), and of various points "I .Wteresf. in a -(000-mile motor tour" ; thrpngh England and Scotland, which , metnod of travelling while visitin* the I Old Country was strongly recommend by the- lecturer. Among the counties visited were Devonshire and Cornwall of which some fine views were shown \ aso of Oxford. Stralford-on-Avou was also visited. York and the Lake district were admirably described, aud also ScotUmd as far as Edinburgh. While in | Scotland, Mr. Blamires took part in the ■Proiubifcon campaign. After returning to London, France was visited, and slide? ot the devastated and restored areas were shown, and many photographs of war cemeteries and graves. Special relerenee was made during the lecture to the work of the War Graves Commission ' At fctaples, where many New Zealand" us Jje buried, the cemetery with 10,000 headstones was shown, and at Pooermghe 11,000 men lie buried. My blamu-es was present at the unveifini I [of a war memorial to British soldiers' v v , L!^ vibsd now a number of I-reach children marched to the foot of i.ie memorial and placed wreaths and flowers thereon. Several views of Paris and Versailles were shown and described also a brief account of the visif of the Lntish tmmre Service League dele-a-twn to Uuckmgham Palace atMha command ot the King. v