TE ARO.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1924, Page 10

TE ARO.

I.v There/waS but a small attendance' of householders of the Te Aro School dis•trict in the Early Settlers' Hall, due no .doubt, to-.the fact that no election was necessary, the' following committeemen being returned unopposed: Messrs. J. . Dwyer, J. Dooley, J. W. Trim, J. R. Twyneham, B. E. Lemmon, C. Fox, and Mesdames J. Moran and J. Devanny. . Tlie committee's report, placed before the meeting by the chairman of the out-,'-going committee, Mr. L. Hennessey, stated that both the children's'".sports and picnic fund and the capitation fund.were in credit. During the year the committee had placed £40 with the Education Board for the.improvement. of the playground at the Mitchell town School,, and- a sum j of- £30 had. been raised-by-the committee by means of concerts, etc., which, together with -the ..'Department's'- subsidy,' i \Vould be paid-.towards-the. new infant ! school equipment. The Mitchelltown | Tennis Club had, during the year, donate. | Ed £40 towards the school funds,, and the club intended,.to hold concerts and entertainments during the winter, $the proceeds "from-which would bo paid to the children's and schools funds. . At' present the -committee had in its, school library, ■apart from the public library school division 'altogether,.-boots to the value. of £10"0, and. there were now on order books of a value of £50. v . "'•■.;.-' ' . '"" The chairman, on behalf of the outging committee,- thanked ..the. headmaster, Mr. A. M.'Kenzie, and the school staff for the manner in. which they had- heartily co'bperated with, the committee in working for the progress of the school. The headmaster ..outlined the'work of the year, and expressed his warm thanks to members ofrhis staff for the loyal help-they had given him. The school'roll this year contained the names of 789 pupils, a reduction, of 50 in the combined school roll of last -year. •■; : ....