BLACKBALL HOUSEHOLDERS MEETING.

Grey River Argus, 27 April 1910, Page 2

BLACKBALL HOUSEHOLDERS MEETING.

_ (A Correspondent). . The* annual 1 meeting' of ' householders wan . held in the school room on Monday night. Mr C. Mori was "\ oted to the chair, and read the folllowing report from! the outgoing committee. — "In presenting their annual report your f committee* have much pfeasure. aw stating that" a very successful ' year of office hasf just closed The lodl number has incroased from .199 at the beginning of the* year *to 214 at the present time, while the average attendance has risen from 162 to 184. Th« increase' in the attendance rendered it necessary to obtain further additions to the. school' building. The. committee/ made an 1 application to the Board for a grant and were successful in obtaining £400 for the erection of a new room. This' amount is now available and tenders will' shortly be callled for the work. The best thanks, of the district are due to the chairman (Mr Kettle) and the members of the Education Board for the manner in which they so successfully advocated this matter. A pprti'pn of the newly acquired! feectaoiiiS been cleared and is now used as a ptfay;ground for the ..boys. An effort was : made to obtain a. grant for fencing the gr6und, but owing to the Board being short of funds the work could not be taken in hand. It will therefore be necessary for the incoming committee to again applj for a giant 'for this work, as it. is urgentOy required In accordance with the resolution passed at the last annual meeting of, householders, an orga* was obtained for the use of the <sfcnool oui> of the balance of the prize- fund. As there was only £12 3s available for this ' purpose there is still a balance ot £5 1 '17s to be paid. The organ is in the school and the committee havo appointed the chairman and head master '■to acU'as^ trustees, and to nave^ sole control 1 of the instrument. The teachin ft at&G has, worked hard during the year to keep up the efficiency of the school. The overcrowded state of th»» rooms makes their" task ' by no means a»i easy one, but they have succeeded in obtaining very good results and deserve every praise for the able manner in which they have carried out their duties. The school funds shovr a credit; balance of £5 5s 3_d. The caretaker's cpntract expires on May 21st, and as the- usual . caprtation grant of 9d per head "on the average attendance is to be discontinued, it will Be necessary for the new committee to try to obtain an extra grant for caretaking, as the present allowance is far too finall for the amount of work that has to ba done. "In conclusion your "(jommittee tender their sinceie thanks to all those who have .so {generously assisted in giving- tihehj, a pleasant' 'and prosperous year 'of office, and trust that the same support will be given to the new enmrnittfce.—Signed' on behalf of the Committee, ~" , i!j CHAS. -P. MORI, ; Chairman. ' 1 r) Hi§ ieport and balance sheet were read and adopted. , A hearty vote of thanks was aecordied the outgoing committee. ! The chairman in acknowledging the isamef-made special reference to the ■able assistance the committee had al*ways' - received from the headmaster ,(Mr Wickes), and trusted that the goodjfeehng that had existed between the committee and the teaching staff would long coritinue. r ..„• The election of a new . committee was then proceeded with, »dJ the following were elected: — Messrs J. Sneddon, L. Morgas, Dr. Hagen, W. Neilson, A. Smith, H. Chilton and C.JP, Mori. *h*(H At the first meeting of the new committee Mr C. P. Mori was elected chairman, Mr H. Chilton secretary,, aaa Mr J. Sneddon treasurer.