SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 296, 19 November 1912, Page 3

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

HAST iTG< ! Tl - ima.hly mix.iii'-i <>; th- : Hustings District High School Com i mitt.ee was h( Id in the schoolroon I. (uai.-g. Pu.i-:.: : M»-.-.*> (■ 1.-imi (in li e C }u:.-«.:i. T. J D.hu'sgii, T. H. Stewart. J- A- Mi = ( 1; .*. T. Styles, .-.rd A. !.< ipi-t. hFAD.’IA'TEiU.' ill. I’ l HIT. • The k.-ndunsU? (Mr. L, F Pegler ■ reparley as follows 1 have the- honour to present tin • report of the working of th'll; ' 1 -i). H.S. lo.' t !.e fi' v eck . s rol.-d Friday. Nov. loth. Holl number October llth 844 . wr.hdiawn since that date 19, ad a i:;<d 21. present roll number 8-lt .virago deity attendant*;.* 742.2. .i'll ■..!•: is r< .-ponrible for the re dared av< rage, which fcr the othe. 'ro av w.rks y, as 772. The piimar. •rd no." Sol'. of ".'..u. i: number 26 ii the infant classes and 54in the siar.daids. Ijtaft.-—1 regret to have to repor ikul I was abs«. nt during the wed ; fcllowing the show holidays, owinf ;io influenza. As my first assist an had act th; n returned, the severa :dt pa.imeiits ef the lehuol. toco.. i :;ro. primc.r;. . tuid infant, wer O'.,..p ably e ir:'.■•( on by 31 r A.tkmsoi. Mr. Cullen and Miss Ro-i? rcsfjKt m.- E. V. 11..-: is. f»-t ■ - :'..*.nt, rc tumid hrs duties wi Tuc: day i elbh ult.. at* s two months abscncI ;> ■ :■. k 2.1. 5 s T;.'mp>ti. J relieving ti v-’u *• v. ho t - k cl.a.-g. !.,-f Mt*. Hi:<L:,.fs class for the las i three or fot:? week.; of this piriuu ; Alt c:i Oii< r 20:.1:. ,'liss Joll. < 0..1- mfr.nt sum. ■! staff, nv. red l.i ! • .-nnt ft io.n uith the tcciii-ol ct! 31s = i, ;t., her p't’.-ee being tempo)aril,titled by Mi-s C. King, as rclievin, i. c ;*c hi' r. 11 1 e av i cage aite nd titicJ. y. ar veil! 1-e high enough t:ik>'.’.' us :: i additio::r*.i i-. a.-iii-.- rille : in- nucLutmiiir holidays. Di-air.-.ti:' Er.:-, r.air.it.cn*. Ch ; Wednesday in last wok the W;:. . p i-.-.a Amateur Dramatic Chib stag •-:<!. in tlie Princess Theatre a farcien • i*--;m dy in aid of funds for purcli-is I n' agiieulture plot. It is much It b. ! regretted that, the ntibhc r.eeci'dci li lie •. uppc.it tin re-to. An np iparcntly veil filled house included ; i ’.urge nv.nibe.* of ckiidrin at 1 - taei -nd the total takings "ere a link i ••ver £22. Unfortunately. 75 pc: I cent, o" this was absi ibed in c.x i’"lenses, of which rent <-f theati-. - £5. loyalty printing and ad > vertising I’3'll 3. railage and caring pm ’-ecnery and stage furnishings' i tc. £1 lo tram it expenses of pet | formers £2 17 3. totalled over £l6 ; A detailed balance sheet is attachc< 'in !< t ■ % The annual public t .xaniinatiom :n v.'i ich oar pupils ’ -.!<<• p'lit. ar ; no'.v being conducted, our tc.-liniea | a-herd bi'itig used for t 1..? purpost j This year the c-ndidates tire as fo! ■ ’o,vs: Junior ti\il li. senior civil * I matriculation -1. schc-larships i senior and 13 junior; our two sc-nio I 'midis in the girls' divisi >n are nisi ■ ittii'ir for the tcr.ehi rs’ I) <xiuri.a , lion in January. 1 The report was adopted. "THE SNOWBALL." The ehairmai) read a letter ap i pearing in lost evening’s "Tribune.’ • rt[filing ti> the heavy expenses in "tried by the recent performance c "The Snowball’’ nt Hastings in an ■ f the ftir.d to purchase a plot o j ground nt the Hastings Distiic : High Schoo’ and th,, smr.’l profit c 1 iboat £~> ri-sult.'ng tin refrom. —Th .‘hairman said thi- wriitr of th; • letter apparently did not know wha !he was writing about. The impri ; .ion would pro!-ably go abroad tlja: I’n the matter of cxpei.ditiire ther i had Eccn ext!*•■*.wig’.r.ce. but frun I !■ following balance sheet prepare; Jby Mr. Pegler it would bi seen the ! such was not by any means the c ine Ib - . ipts: Dt.-.u* takings £l2 J4 ; - I .kl'ig cS.".-' £3. side ‘of ti.'k-rt--123 li 6 : T 0.?.!. £22 6C. E.xperdi . •.*.•.■;■: I’leiirrcd by AVaip.nw.a Club, ■oyalty £3 3-. hire of c.ab (motor •£2 17 f>. caring:- and railage c U'fnri'.v 16 <>. programme's (printing ■ '6-; Hastings expe rise s. rent o li. at re £.\ Lire of furniture, etc. '■'> . car.age :ii:d rai’age 12 11, ad ri <■:i sing £2 1 6. printing tickets la'-. -.'lw r.-. .7-. orch; .'-.tin a-, sundrie.t 6; total £l7 ■! ii. Balance. £-5 17. Mr J. A. Miller thought that a ; I ? ii-tiir "■.■-..- an .anonymous one i.e c: rinmittee should not pay any ftc utie'i to it. Tim pindication o he La'ance sheet would be stiffii icn: "e con'inee the public tl'.a* there had not been any unnecessary ix j :: lit Mr. Sty les gigreed. i In reply to the chairman. th< j l imnster (Mr. 1.. F. I’< gli r) sail, i •.-’ r'cswn for the sm illm ss ‘f the j ;>.*ijfi- I.cm the p( ri’o. , 'mnr.'-e was tar i 1 y of the general public. The balance si.ee* was adopted I* v.-.-s dc-.-id.-d t > write thanking | be M'aipawa Dramatic Club fo; j N;.* pc rto rm. an ee and ti'cloring a j " •pv of the ba!-nee sheet. j

CO R II I-ISPON DE NCL. Miss El’.-t M.-Uur.i:y. >n.l ruts v.--.-. r. .dgiiing her positbx ~ .<n th- tcael.liig stall. —The cltair- ■ man spoke j-.i •.•.■arm ttnr.s of MN: • : McCarthy’s aldlity as a teacher. anti sn aid he iiu'i.'.t.d very much that [ g :i:e tehoitl was !< iiiy ler service?.— : Tiie hcadnt.tster (Air. Pegler) spoke in .1 •iini'.-tr strain, ard added that Miss Mc-CarMy's pupils had a!w .---. • made gond progress at thiir v. ork. It was decided to write to Miss McCr.rt! y expressing the highest rp- ’ ciaticn cf her st evicts and wi.-h--:ng her a 1 y ai d pt<: spercus ::ari i< .i life. The Hawke’s Bay Education Board wrote appointing Miss Annie Gorman (holding a D2 certificate -.nd having 17 years' tcneliing <xrienet) to succeed Mi.::-. Jo',l. je-J igtii d. —R. ■. ( ;vt d. j From J.-.:::.-, appointing 2»Ii: < Lilt ! '» A. Ti.. tap aged IS (having-yasi-cd tie junior civil service exami i nation) ,-.s pt’pil-reaeht r to succeedMr. A. Packer, resigned.—Received. OTHER BUSINESS. ■ Mr. J. E. H.-.i! V.n. .I;.;..: “wmmj'ur <.f ti.e commit;'e vice -Mr. U. A. H.-'v. k, ’.. no igued. tir.e of. thanks was passed to h li-.e I'c-’draastcr (Mr. L. F. Pegler) n and staff for tlufr efforts in Conner-'' .ticii wi;ii the t uteriaintm nt civ. u •>y the W-ipaw: Di.imatic Chib.— •The chairman and several members' • rcf<--rc,| in the highest terms <f

■ri-■!?:ii,*: of the '-ci'vices renderct y Mr. Peg!: i- arid the teachers, n •; rr’erti- n w.h h various fuiu'tiims or r.ri. rd in ai ( ) «.f tl.e school. ?.[< sens Stewart and Trotter wert i •_]d a visiting committee foi i he ensuing month. It decided to write to the fastings Borough Council asking ! 1 .'it the electrical engineer shouk onsnlt wi;h the committee in re .-•.rd to lighting the school swim :iir,g Laths v.itli electrieity. The chairman stated that then ras a credit balance of £69 to the 1 'ommittC'C’s account in the bank. The meeting then roue. NAPIER. The Napier Main School Commit e met Inst evening. Present: Mr ’. 11. Edwards (chairman). Mes lames Fur-tv. Ingram and Theaktone, Rev. J. K. Archer, Messrs K. ’. Smyik. J. Thompson. W icott and J. S. T. Ennor. HE AI) M A r-T ER. S E EPI) RT. The headmaster (Mr. J. Hislop! -pcr'led that the average attend ; -nee for the past month was 756 ant he higbert attendance 797. Tlw oil i*.i• 1 >ll.*• *.* w-'s 523. Tlit r-' wort ;i l a few eases cf mumps in tin ■ho.-l, and five Standard VI. pupil) :t’.*c had severe attr.ek:-:. Miss L. A : lavis, "h>.- had btin on the sl"ff foi be pas? 5.’. years, li.-id severed Lei n ci in v. i-*h the school, and Ik i ■lace was filled ir.t'ipc-rr.rilv by Mir: I > imp!.: ■ . Tin* headnxisl ci Iso r< porl.i'd that w. ver.nl cf tin | mpi’s won prizes bi the school divi 1 I ion at the 'sheThe report w.n: ■ { -L.pli <1 ; M’’ s D.nU*; is 1 l-e thank I J for past siniris ami " iri:c< I v; ry bap’-i :ess in L-. r m.n: ; i-. d lift !r. His’op to be congratulated e: ' Le s;:e?c::-5 c-f the pupils at t’u diow. Th: Torn Clerk wrole stilting i-..-hi.rg:-s that weird Le made for tlr r~e c-f t: e ?<I t:;i: ’ Theatre for r clic-'l concert. —Referred to th I hit ertninmi lit Commit tee. I The loi'al brunch of the Unitci .nbcur party wrote asking the com aittco if the y would receive a depu ‘ ntioii f'caii the paity. —The soil", ary was instructed to write askin' he pn.-ty t<> sln-’e for what purpfshe deputation wished to meet th; •omniittee. and slitting that the com nittce would hear the deputation text meeting. The Edm-aiio) Board wrote -i.it ng that con.-idernfitm of the appii ion for now disks had been defer . d until tin- hoard’s new worksho; vas c o i): j>l< 11 ’ < i. —l ?c:■ei v e d. The Eduvaiii-•. E; nd d; (lined in ipplieation for bells and bare nett r.s. —Recch i d. The Education Ilc-rd b.rw.'irdcd : trant of £' io - for mctc’< rolog'e; . -*t-um< lits. — Eeecivi (I. The Education Board forwarded be rame of Miss L. Martin as the me they recommend; d as sril ibk or the position of teacher in the in'ant department.—lt vis decided. That the committ.ee express tl-.< •.-pinion that they are entitled tncre confide rat ion than the board ipparently re c-gnistd. and that the icard rho-.tld supply the names and credcntia’a of four applicants in ir-cordanee "Ith the provisions e. he Act. The Xi.--.ting Committee ripo-tie laving found the premises, ground;-. ’.nd o.’tbt:idi-!gs in fairlv grod order. Sei era] minor repairs were rn-mu-nondi’d to be e.-.irie d out.— V’optcd. The Entertainment Committee ■: rommendf d that the annual prizepving fake place at the conce.-t.-Xdoptul. Messrs Thomson and Ennor were ippomtcd ii:.iti::g committee for th> •nsuing month. Accounts amounting to £2B 18 - -■-■< re passed for payment..

MAIIORA. I The Mahora School Committee! met last evening. Present : Messrs. | irove, Walker, Wyatt, Curd, Sinclairand Pratt. ' Mr. G. D. Lure was -o:<d to the chair. | A letter was receive d from the I Eskdale Schoo! Committee stating! .hat the whole committee heartily | supported the action of the Mahora 1 Committee in tlie matter of supplying school stationery in place of tin Ciovernment supplying school book: is at present. The headmaster’s report showed the roll number to be 312, showing a steady increase. A pupil teacher is to be added to j -he staff after tin? holidays. ! The secretary of the H.B. Cricket ■ Association chert d the services of ,an English professional to coach I the school club. and the licad.r.aster and the sec rot ary were instructed to purchase new material. The secretary was instructed to j write to the 11.8. Education Board [ io-,' seme hylopiate, which is very - much needed. j Accounts to the amount of £8 61c | .verc passed for .payment.