MANAIA

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 19 June 1931, Page 9

MANAIA

SCHOOL COAIAIITTEE. , , (From Our Own Correspondent.) The monthly meeting of the Alanaia, State School 'Committee was field on Wednesday night, when there were present: Rev. R. Miller (chair), Messrs T. A. Bridge, Gr. Edwards, O. T. Parry. L. Stoddart, and J. Jeromson.

Tlie chairman stated, the grounds were greatly improved by the unemployed labour. The .headmaster, Mr J. Browning, reported that the primary department roll was 245, the average for June being 230. The respective figures in the secondary were 51 and 42. The trustees of the Herbert Smith Trust had donated three cups, valued at £5 os, £3 3s and £3 3s respectively for the promotion of sport- in the district. One was for competition between the Manaia and Opunake schools and the others were for senior and junior cricket competitions among the ten schools centring around Alanaia. The committee resolved to postpone indefinitely the proposal to go in for school baths. The Taranaki Education Board advised that it had adopted the architect’s report concerning the sclfobl drainage - system. The architect was unable to recommend expenditure on 18 chains along a public road as asked for by the committee and suggested that, if the Town Board 1 would carry the pipes along the second road below the school, sewerage would then be about nine chains' from school boundary and probably some arrangement could be met for connection.

The Director of Dental Hygiene advised that dental clinic committees would be required to contribute £3O for each dental officer, the same to cover drugs and material. The clinic committee was authorised to make an annual charge not exceeding 5s for each child. Manaia’s' share would be £ll,

The school tpurriament on June 3 was a success, and the committee expended congratulations tbs the Alanaia • tea,m which won the. secondary basketball competition. ■ ']%' Parry, suggested that the committee go into tlie Question of framing a budget that would keep expenditure within income. Tlie treasurer said that the school received £36 per quarter from the Education Board for running the school.

The chairman considered that a saving might he effected by keeping down expenditure for incidentals.

PARISH CONVENTION. Rev. I>. S. Malcolm chose for his subject at Thursday evening’s service at St. Cuthbert*s Church, “The Holy Spirit.” He referred specially to ‘‘Clod at work in the world” and the opinion that all impulses towards, advance in science and in human history are explained in the Book of Genesis and that the process of development is seen in the idea of fellowship and service. He stressed the new power given to the apostles after the first Whitsunday, their changed feelings, thoughts and ambitions being d'ue to His example.' The movements of the Holy Spirit, lie said in condluision, were _ dearly shown by His being; the life giver, by the use’ of the mind and conscience and by tlie wonderful fulfilment of the Jewish prophecy when, by Our Lord’s first sermon, three thousand people were converted. He referred to the help given to people in their daily life by Bible reading, by prayer and by tne Holy Sacraments.