Mataura School Committee.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 214, 12 November 1896, Page 6

Mataura School Committee.

The monthly meeting of the Mataura ' School Committee was held on Tuesday , last. Present — Messrs Balneaves (in the \ chair), Clark, Dickie, McKelvie, Keid, ' Shepherd, and Winning. j • The Committee appointed to report on the pipes running through the school grounds, presented their report, which was received and referred back to them i to get the work done. '■■ Circulars were received from the Edu- i cation Board and Railway Department re fire prevention and excursion ticketß. The Inspector's report was received, and being highly satisfactory, the thanks ' and congratulation of the Committee were accorded the head teacher and : staff. ! In view of a contemplated sohool excursion on the 23rd December next, the secretary was instructed to communicate with the several School Committees and managers of factories in the district, asking them to co-operate, the date of the excursion to be fixed at the next meeting of the Committee. 1 The Chairman was authorised to get the school chimneys cleaned as soon as possible. The attendance for the perfod ending i 6th November was as follows : — | Males. F'males. T'l. |On roll at last report 128 112 240 ' Admitted . . 1 3 5 Withdrawn ..11 4 15On roll at present . . 119 111 230 j Average attendance . . 104-4 92*2 196-4 ' Highest attendance on j any one day . . 237 , — On the motion of Messrs Dickie and Shepherd, the report was received. Messrs Balneaves and Winning were appointed a Visiting Committee for the month, and were specially requested to see that the water was got off the new playground. Two small accounts — one for JEI 3s 6d and the other for 7s 6d — were passed for payment, and the meeting adjourned.