SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTION.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 178, 29 April 1896, Page 2

SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTION.

A meeting of residents took place in the Schoolroom-Monday nighfcfbr the purpose ofreceiving the annual reportand balanceshcetandelecting a new School committee. The balance-sheet snowed that the cash in hand iind in ban- amounted to £7 Ids Id, The report stated thai a marked increase had taken place in the attendance. The number on the roll is now 130 and 1h? average attendance 71 - 7. An expression of regret was embodied at the loss the committee and the community generally had sustained by the death of" Mr 11. W. Neighbour. The election of a new committee was then proceeded with and resulted as follows :—Messrs Robinson 14, Puree]] 14, Williams 13. Hall 13, Griffiths 11, Fitzgerald 11. CarlyTe 11. Mrs Ann Robertson 10 and Mr D. W. Steele 10. The first seven were declared duly elected. At the meeting of committee which followed Mr Purcell was again elected chairman and Mr Robinson, secretary and treasurer. The report of the visiting inspector was read but as the inspection had been made on a day when only onefifth of the pupils was present it was only moderately satisfactory. It was decided to call for tenders for the cleaning of the school returnable at next meeting, May 26. It was also resolved that future meetings should take place on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Some matters of detail beins: discussed and arranged the meeting adjourned.-