RIVERLEA.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 December 1924, Page 7

RIVERLEA.

(F.rom Our Own Correspondent). SCHOOL COMMITTEE. m Til ® mc > n thly meeting Was held on Tuesday last. Present: Messrs B. l \Yebby (chairman), K Gibbons (secreniStables > 'W'. WV. Lonsdale, Al. I. Y oullaire, and Mr A. E. Mills (headmaster). Accounts amounting to £5 17s 8d were passed for payment. The headmaster reported that the Sum of £1 bad been subscribed by the pupils for the Blind Institute, and a letter and receipt ackncwledgmo- same was received. - te By the courtesy of Mr Mills, the inspector s report, which was a most satisfactory one., was received ',bv the committee. J in connection with the inspector’s report. a -letter was received from the South laraiiaki School Committees’ Association asking the focal committee to support the Association in its protest to the Education Department at the Departments action in -ofdernier that reports be not sent to committees. -Vlr Y oullaire said he considered that the committee should certainly protestEvery year some new action was •brought, forward ;by.'-the Department to' shear committees of their alregdy at- : •tenuated powers, and it was tihie the tiling was -ended. The chairman concurred, and said lie: .could see no reason whatever why those put in charge of the schools by be parents of the children should not bave The right to know whether the inspectors were satisfied with the -work. urtiu- . 01 ‘ 31 °t. He moved that: Ibis empabticaliy pro-tests '.5£ al,l - gcjbion of the Education. ■Department in bringing down a regulation forbidding the forwarding of inspectors reports <to sc'hood committees, and Diat -the committee’s' delegates to the Riipiial meeting of the School Com- 1 mittees Association be instructed to’ support the Association’s protest.” Mr ;Gibbqns, in seconding, said that! it seemed to him that there was some sinister motive in the idea, and no! doubt the longing which seemed to animate- the Department to do '.tiwa-v; with committees and centralise everyYVelliiigton was at the bottomAir said that no doubt that really was ;the -trouble. It was ciily: another blow on the -wedge that the! Department was slowly driving in to' annihilate the committee system, and; be quite agreed that they should enter! a most emphatic protest. I Mi' Stables considered that reports; should be sent -to committees, who certainly hfid a right to tliein. ' 1 The biotioii was '.carried unanimously.' lhe chairman reported That the ne-‘ cessary work was being done to. get the: I?drying area laid down, and -suggested: that- two or three -members be* anpointed to. oversee this work, and also.: the metalling that was required, and; on Die motion of Mr Lonsdale, seconded; by Mr 'Gibbons, the chairman and Mr; Staples -were appointed. Mr Lonsdale asked whether t-herei was any supervision by the teachers' : vr *$ e ’ bc >ys went in bathing,, and'Mr Mills .assured him that lie usually Went with them, and if the.committee desired he would always do. so The general opinion of .members was that: it was desirable, and Mr Mills said he' would do so. Breaking-up Ceremony. The matter of making arrangements for the annual breaking-up ‘ceremony, ■was discussed, and the date fixed for Friday, 19th inst. Mr Mills said that a most -excellent programme was being; worked -up by 'the pupils, including the cantata- “Soot and the Fairies,” and that an enjoyable evening should ‘be spent. It was resolved to give prizes as usual, and that the district : be canvassed for financial assistance towards same, and also for the supper. It was also resolved that adults be charged for admission, but that all children be admitted free. lhe matter of purchasing the- prizes was left to the headmaster. It was resc-tved to advertise the ceremony in the next day’s Star and twice UIXCT. = 1 This concluded the business, and tlm meeting closed. GENERAL. A social evening in aid of the Kaponga .Methodist Sunday School Christmas tree was held in the hall on Tuesday evening last, when an enjoyable evening was spent by those present. Another engagement unfortunately kept me from being present. The weather has kept very decent of late, and in fact throughout the whole spring, excepting for an occasional short bad spell, has been very good. Feed is plentiful, and hay crops promise to b& much beter than last year. Most spring feed crops, such as mangolds and carrots, are now in and up, and swede sowing has commenced. Many here are sowing chow moellier in preference to swedes, as it is supposed to be practically free from club root. During the past month the local factory put up a. new record by making 60 cheeses in a day, the first time on record. Tests generally have ranged fairly high throughout the soring, and I believe none went below 3.5. At present they run from 3.6 to. 4.9, with the majority standing about ,3.8 and 3.9. The supply of milk has been too great- for the capacity of the factory, and a couple of suppliers had to be sent to the Rowan branch. Whilst o .n this subject- of the factory, metiiinks we, at Riverlea, should endeavour to get either a larger holding vat and (or) another pasteuriser, as at present unsatisfactory delay is occurring in taking in milk. The holding vat is always full to overflowing, with the result that the stage hands cannot, take in the milk fast enough, and both suppliers and factory hands are delayed, the former in getting home to their farm work, and the latter in getting on with the work of the factory. They do their best, but the pasteuriser sets the pace.