SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17329, 18 November 1916, Page 11

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

H. LINWOOD. . . , VA'. ’ Commit",t “ fetlng 0i Lin * cod School" committee there were present—Me, sts DenGundry, D. .Coulter, W. loung, W. MClurg and R, Carter (secretar)). Gorrespondenco from the Board of ft-.ndfr'i 11 x-'t** re " d - I '- otif V i ng that the btandard \I proficiency certificate exaiulnation would be hold by Inepobtor Harclia . ovember 20. Th t Lady Liverpool Comt T rot - t . hankn, “ the senior girls for doths bUt Tk S u j s ’ h * ndie nchiefs and face ' X. /be head master reported ihe roll dance *638 b<> V°°’ ■/'"'VH RVcr!l S& atteii- * • H- E ‘ Eongwofth, the ’ Physical instructor, had .examined the school in physical drill. If' was agreed ' to issue merit cenifrcatcs this ' year -inand^YnL PnZSS ’ and '^ cssrs f ami loung were appointed ■to confer with ' ' ’" sstcr to holding a schefel -, f! I ®. fcU «» °f £a ’ the ,proceeds v-of;' social, held bv the committee, was votedto the head master to be spent on improvements inside the school. The ohaS-ma-n. reported that the board’s new acalo ot incidental allowances would reduce tho committees grant by £35. and it would ba impossiolo to meet liabilities. Mr H.‘FI ", Herbert t-ook. strong, exception to some *>| ', tlie Minister’s statements to the (School Commitees Association and suggested that ' meetings of householders and parents should be held to explain the position. BECKENHAM. The Beckenham School Committee met oh Tuesday: present—Messrs ; W. W: .Charter® (chairman), V. Bulleu, F. Talbot, F. A. Judkins, S. M’Allister and T. Carlisle. Th« head master reported the number on the roll .at present as 235, and the average attendance was highly . satisfactory. Hanging, beside the Un'ion Jack was to be seen for the first time a Belgian flag, which added' greatly to the decoration of tho school. -The donor of tho flog was Mr S. M’Allister, and the donor of the pole was Mr W." Bulfen. The Lismore. School Committee being ;desirous of a representative on the School "Committees’ Association, Mr • Carlisle was apAv pointed to act on their behalf. An enlarged ~ photograph 'of the first .committee, end ilia I head master of the school, mounted in- an oak frame, was presented by the committee ';. to the school. The chairman also presented, a framed picture -of Lord-Eobert-e.