RUATANGATA.

Northern Advocate, 8 May 1914, Page 10

RUATANGATA.

(Own Correspondent.)

Tke annual meeting of householders was held on the 4th inst., when Mr R. Hodge was voted to the chair. The previous meeting's minutes were read and confirmed and the report and balance sheet read was adopted. Gleanings from the report are that, according to an act of Parliament, the financial year now ends on February 28, instead of the end of March, and the annual meeting takes place on the first Monday in May, being about a week later than usual. After the Easter vacation J. H. Stevens was appointed to take Miss Kane's place at the East school, there toeing eight children on the roll, and the average attendance being 7.6 for the past month. At the West school Mr Briggs is giving every satisfaction, there being 23 names on the roll, the average attendance for the past month being 21. The combined salaries of the two teachers amount to £260, working out at £-8 13s 9d per child, and, in consequence, there is every likelihood of half-time schools. The inspector (Mr 'McKenzie) on a recent visit suggested that an application should be made to the board re painting the interior amd exterior of the schools. The balance sheet showed that a credit balance of £5 16s 5d was carried forward from last year and the receipts for the year from the Board amounted to £16 9s 6d with the expenditure of £16 Is Id, leaving £6 4s 10d to be carried forward to meet accounts due. Messrs Hodge, Loid, Hutchings, McKegg, Whimp, Jones and Yates were nominated as a school committee for the ensuing year and were duly elected. < ' N SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING. - The first meeting of the new committee was held on the termination of the householders' meeting, when Mr Hodge being elected Chairman of the committee and Mr Hutchings treasurer, while Mr McKegg was appointed to sign the East school teachers' returns. Accounts amounting to £3 5s 6d were passed for payment. It. was resolved that an application foe made to the Board re the painting of the East and West schools, also for a set of blinds for the West school. A vote of thanks to the chair terminated the meeting. . A NEW HOMESTEAD. Mr Hamilton's commodious dwelling of nine rooms is now nearing completion. Being , a roomy bungalow and on an elevated position it shows up to advantage and is quite a conspicious landmark for the' Otakarangi Block. . HALF-TIME SCHOOL. I Now that the Board of Education 'the cause of dissatisfaction, it would be a commenclable, step for" the parents, who apparently had a just grievance, to again send their children to the Ruatangata schools in place of two others, and so maintain a fulltime school. The inspector on a recent visit intimated that the Board of Education already had its eye on Ruatangata with a view to half time.