RONGOTEA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 210, 6 August 1931, Page 12

RONGOTEA.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) RONGOTEA, Aug. 5. The usual monthly meeting of the School Committee was held in the school on Monday evening, there being present Messrs \V. J. Amies (chairman), O. I). Tunniciiffe, W. Matheson, F. Saxton (secretary) and the headmaster (Mr L. J. Walker). The cliairrnan’s report showed that the contract work of concreting the pathway to the stile had been completed and that the board’s architect (Mr E. R. Hodge) had agreed to have a drain tap attached to the central heating system. The petition regarding ‘’better facilities for conveyance of pupils to secondary schools” had already been signed by many settlers. The headmaster’s report showed that the roll was 109 and the attendance satisfactory. Tho extremely severe weather had made it necessary to restrict the activity of the pupils to the concreted areas as the playing area was a quagmire. The hockey and football competitions for tho season were complete. The boys junior seven-a-side team had been very successful in tho Manawatu primary schools’ competition in which they had been runners-up to a much heavier combination from tho Convent School. A further supply of fuel was necessary as the heaters would be needed for several weeks yet. The secretary’3 report included a summary of tho business done at a meeting of delegates from Kopane, Glen Oroua, and Rongotea School districts to consider this year's work in connection with _ the Calf Club. It had been decided to again form a group on the same lines as in 1930. A charge of 10s 6d for each school had been agreed to Mr W. J. Croucher, the organiser for the group, had given much valuable assistance and information rclativo to tho forthcoming competition. A special feature of this year’s work was the compulsory clauso dealing with production of a record of feeding by each competitor. On tho motion of Mr Saxton it was resolved to institute a competition among the pupils of the local school for best collection of grasses collected in tho school district. Full details of tho competition wore to be arranged later and prizes were to bo given for the best collections. It was resolved to procure immediately a further supply df fuel. Tho matter of topping a row of trees in tho horse paddock was left in abeyance until tho weather moderated. Tho chairman and secretary undertook to procuro further signatures to tho petition to Parliament ro ‘‘better facilities for conveyance of pupils to secondary schools.”