HAWKE'S BAY EDUCATION BOARD.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 552, 2 December 1879, Page 2

HAWKE'S BAY EDUCATION BOARD.

! ■ ' " ; ■ : Monday, • December •!.'•' ' > ' Tf^?' The Board ,met, at. 11 turn. (1 , : Present— The Rev/Di'Sidejr," Mr J. N. Williams, Mr Q. E. Lee, and-- My T Tanner; 1 ■•"''• "".'.'-..•/ :';•■' '«■}.'■ '4f ' „ : In the absence of the chairman, thY Rev. D. Sidey ; was votedito: the "chair. ; CORHES^ONDENCE. The following correspondence was read- • From the Treaaury,, WeUington,' intimating that £72 14a had fceen' placed to / the credit of the board at the Union Bank [ for scholarships grant to the 30th of! September last. > " '.'..., 7, ;;." ' : From the Wairoa- school committee, recommending that application ... be made to the Waste Lands Board for : che remaining • portion of the section of the 'school site. It was decidedthat application be made as recommended. ! ' " - ' ; :ii \ ff.%" From the Napier School committee Recommending the ereotio'ri* of wall }at (the;,corner,rof the ground svvalsor recommending .that . Mi»,, Rolbpttom be provided & desk.Bnnilar to the, others in use in the J schooi; and W&m% small

book-case, the^ same as used by Mr Murray. ? T # T A.WFlilCr^iT" The matter or tne*retaiiflng wall wls referred to the architect for an estimate of the cost j the question of supplying Clipboard and desk for Missl^6bottom w~as fleWed for tHe present' *-*• *** X .Fi'om the Port Ahnrirt School dohimmittee, recommending that Miss Abigail Murray be pau|-for her-services^as^pupil teacher for theTmonth (^f^pvemb^J In reply to questions," the secretary stated that the appointment of Miss Murray had been sanctioned by the board subject to the average attendance at the Bcnool reaching the number required by j the regulations } that number had not Jbßen .quite reached at rjtneVF'oJrfc "A'hMHf School. ... The board regretted that -the recommendatioh or the coinniittqa as tp the payment tb Misa sturraf^BthS^'B^^^koiflplied with, .but .should, -the,-,ave.rage. Jje, iftH^fiitM x Mis| Wxfr&y mm a bonus for the yftitk qf Noyember equivalent to«'"wnat- she !< would^have^ : re* : ceived as pupil teaehertj >.]i ■,■/',,'•.'",•:"«■•'•! i' the sattlej r^omiiiendin^ that Mr Gush be paid the £$$ b'6nud to which 'ceH tifibated tttkiteri are -entitled' who pSs^.'rd . per cent.O'dlii tKeiifcVrschblar," notnfitlyi '. standing that he had only-succeeded in passing 69 per cent.;of his^pupils.. . . j - ; .-,-_,,-; f The board decided that "the regulatrons' must be abided -by.-' o'-0 '-- - ; I'.-.a-.-J:: From the Gisborne school committee forwarding an estimatej|or; ; t^e erection .of a teacher's residence.^ ~ J ' .T_ .ll- " SThe mptjorji sVjas postponed till .the next; meeting/ Ll. Prom the Hampden.vachjool committee., asking for^ a copy of the letter of the chairman t 6f TKat,cblaimittee_with reference to the retenti^n J of *Mr H«ftlock's BeWtcWas teacher to the Hampdim" school. The board de^icfed that-the applicatidn collld not be; acceded ion , : j. •i / 1 ■ ; ; , ; j . < ; . Ftona.tiie Ormond scliool t committee, asking fo£'a.grant_f or Ljencing the schpol site. jf t j k f v "r .<"! [t j« /t > -, The se'brdtary wds directed to reply^thftt the board would be r willing, to. make ..a grant of £§0 for feticing the site"> J : '- ll - From Mpj.Man.sfi^ld,. asking "what the board intended ' doing!' ' witli : re|;arol : tti ; erecting a' school building at Te'Aute; The Board decided that in accordance with the* opinibnjji|. the board's "solicitors," Until Mr Leadh surrendera the lease so far as regards. the .piece of lanH intended to b 0 Conveyed Wthe Tj feoard;thV-bdard c 'woiild • not be safe in erecting ■ any'.lbuildinga, or dealing in.an^wayiw^th .the land. v , :. : > <■. q From the Waipukurau sch^ool committee, recommending that the. boundaries pf .the . fitihool distridtbK thoßejof th.c Waipukurau ;: Itiding ; also that a pupil 1 teacher be Appointed to the sohoolj and that the present arrangement with '.Btrs Poole, "as* 1 assistant teacher three days in each' week, be continued' for another year, "at, the .end of whiclfa second plipil\tedcher.cbuld ; be ! appointed, and Mrs Pdol'e'a 5 connfection^ iHth the* School 1 would be'-'merely 1 tKat 'oP sewing misCreisTT" ,„] ".Z. " r ~~] 4~, "", \J " The board deoidecl'to 1 deferthe 1 matter of the sch.q.ol^ district : boundaries; and to accede toHKe'Committee'sTeoOmmendation sreapecting the 1 appointment 7 6f -a pupil teacherp&cr? .7 ,;,;,"",;:;"; ,: „...,,.;." From^ th6." Porangahau : : Scndol 4 OoVn- : mittee, '^c^mmending ' that a teacher's residence be erected instead of additions, td the Bchool*h6use". ' " "f I ''^''/ , : ,^^l' The rifatteT wds v deferrecl till- the n'exP meeting of the board. From the "X3isbofne~ school committee, accepting charge 1 of Hhe -Waefa'ngaihika native school. The board directed that" the" committee be asked to furnish further information on the subject. ; | ' ~ -(1 - -^* From Mr v A. T. Danvers, applyihg'for the use of the old' sbhool-robni at-.'Clive for the purpose of holding; in it meetings of the Oddfellows' Lodge. The letter was ordered to be referred, to' the Bchool committee with a favorable recommendation from the board. , :: '- ; <T: c: SCHOOL HOLIDAYS... The board accepted the inspector's recommendation that the. , schools break up for the Christmas holidays on the 19th instant; ai^d onj.the 26th of - January' next'.' "'*'"* "'*' . tenders; . ' . : . • . i i The following tenders were accepted : — For new school, Friberg-road, Norsewood, Miller and Johnston, £198 103 ; for teacher's ! iresidence:' atqHastings, .-.-W; 'B. Kingston, £283 103 ; for purchase of school-house at Olive, At Hollis, £29. , INSfECTpR's REPORTS. , . r The'fVpofts "of the 'Inspector on" the' schools he had recently, inspected were read.^"They comprised "the Pofangahau, Patutahi, Patahgata,"^ Matawhero, "Ormond, and Te Aral Schools. ' J i With respect to the Po'rangahau .school. Mr Etijl reporß'd tfiat'out'of •il."cliildren i on the^regis|ef ailed to 'inake-Kaif. time aUenHance, arid '" therefore, however earnest andpaipstakingithe teacher might be, improvement, could hot be looked for under-such circumstances — The board decided that unlesr.'the attendance at the school improved it would not be> recognised as. a 'public acKbop'") 'Ah The'a^P-fttu tahi ' tschooT ' presented! kdriie curious 'childreniion'the^ register^umijeWd'eleven. of whom two were™faWfs™ifre^^^^ no scholar in the achjD.olbeyojid;tKe second standardj -though one- of -them— was aged 15£ and another 14£. ■ , The children were from three families orily,.._the "surnames being ,-gsrf olio w£ :^—^Carrins,,^ ; Billiams, and 1 Ge%e." "* ,fhp 'teacher is Mr i Bilhams,.and she is, therefore. „being..paid fqr. doing little more than teaching 0 hep JpjyPr children. When the.inspect;or visited wie" school he fout/d tKa,Ht;was carried on in Mrs ßilham'skitchen-, and- one' of ttie boys who.wjM^kaTnjn^.was fetched from the field^where he was at work and presented for exainihatidn, andtKere w.as goodjriason for believing that the boy was not attending school at all. JiMif}. I. '.':*l'4 Thej-bjdftcdidecid.ed^thafc ; under ,^,the cir-., M cumstances the school. could not be recognised anyjongerpas-a public, school.. . „ , With u 'rlgard;ft^ sbhopU;th'e : only matter * upon '^ich ' the "bbara remar||e4|W^gfth^ajb?ence'm,.most pf them . of teVclung/ sg^mg;t'q..thogi^ls,'^* matter? which tj^e/rb.o^rjd . 7 d'eem^4 o| y.j?ry ; high importance, and ;it L was _ ; ordered "thajb the attention of the respective .committees be called to the:Bnbjecfci-oiA/..i c,:a i • j to m:,* ila ASP. O^T a . ;v .^ .. r ........... y . A number^pf ; accounts; ,were r passed for' paymeptfrsi-a o.;i ':;.-.- ..::'■ <-.-•-,-,-■■; *■ -' OEMONDVfLIE - 80H60l'. Thelecretoy, was directed to. ascertain why the •*eo ! ritrab'tor ii was not 1 proceeding with the erection of the. school at ..Norsewood. ..'! ti ..'. t /.-.'.. Tfre^bokrd approved ; ,the . re6bmmerida- " tion of Norsewood school committee for the appoiriting' of. Mr .JBruford as teacher of that school.. ".'._. 1. ■I „>:.,r TBACHBBS'v.B QN.tTSBS. ; ;;,.. j; , The bonuses, toteachers upon the results of the exainiha'tiohs were passed for payment. -» ,_ <','^ , , , ... 'i'":, 7 ;, .--' The'board then' adjourned. iJ "*' "