KUMARA NOTES

Grey River Argus, 18 December 1940, Page 2

KUMARA NOTES

[Our Own Correspondent] The first parade of the newlyformed Home Guard took place on Sunday afternoon last, when mere was a good muster of over sixty men. The State and Convent schools close on Thursday for thp Xmas and New Year vacation. The carriage of mails, parcels and goods between Kumara and Kumara railway will in future be carried out by Mr Spiers’ motor service. The two local bakery businesses have been merged into one. In future the business will be carried on by Mr R. N. May. Another successful euchre and danc e in aid of the Patriotic Fund was held in th e Memorial Hail. The December meeting of the School Committee was held on Monday evening; present, Messrs D. A. McLean (chairman), R. Chant. rL J. Little, J. Reedy and H. Hamer 'hou. secretary). The headmaster,. Mr E. J. Thwaites, was also present. The Canterbury Education Board wrote re the grading of the school. The secretary stated that as there was a possibility of reduced attendance m 1941, it was deemed desirable to retain the present grade. Members thought that the recent average attendance could be improved upon, as ther e appeared to be many children kept away, presumably to assist at. home, who were really playing about the streets, and if the grade of th» school was to be maintained, parents should co-operate by sending the children to school, headmaster reported the roll number at 72. one having been admitted, while rive had left, leaving 68, and th e average attendance having been 63. It was resolved to procure a long-handled mon to clean the walls during th e Xmas vacation, and suitable casters for the school piano. It wa R resolved to ask the Board to appoint a supernumerary teacher in th e New Year, a* ther> I is plenty of accommodation in the 1 school for a third teacher. It was also resolved to ask th e Board to arrange for a pipe drain to take th« surplus water from the tanks and wash basins, as the present svstem is quite unsatisfactory. Accounts for £2 10s wer P passed for payment