EDUCATION BOARD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 131, 6 June 1888, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD.

The Board met at 10 o'olock this morning. Present: Messrs Tarrant (in. the chair), Hursthouse, Phillips, Harkness, Denoker and Clayden, Reports* • The report of the Board of Examiners was read as follows:— Mr F. H. Smith, the on}y applicant; fpr the Fern tflat Bohool, was r£oQmra' ended as being eligib.le.-rMr T, W. Young who had been appointed to the Wai» mangaroa * school, having declined the appointment, the Examiners reoommend the the. Board to advertise again for a waster itt

ccordance with the request of the Waimanaroa Committee. The Examiners were also £ opinion that the upper division of the ohool should be closed until a new head eaoher iB appointed.— Mr W. Hale having leolined the appointment to Upper Wakeield sohool, the Board was reoommended to from the Wakeneld Committee; vhether they prefer to select a master from ihe remaining eligible candidates or to, tdvertise afresh.— Mr Kelly ,was reconv nended as being the only eligible candidate lor the Gordon aided school, this seleotion laving been left to the Board by the Jommittee. — Miss Corrig&n's appointment to ohe Baton school was approved. The Finance Committee reported as follows : — The tenders for school material and stationery were opened, and, subjeot to the calculations proving to be correot, it is reoommended that Mr Jaokson's tender be accepted, but that the printing included in the contract shall be exeouted locally.— Tbe accounts proposed for presentation to the Board were examined, and are recommended to be passed for payment, Bubjeou to the following exceptions :— That the cheque for the Waimangaroa Committee be drawn and held by the Secretary until the reoapt of the Committee's certificate of the satißfaotory completion of the work. That a cheque for the Hope Committee be drawn, and held until the books have been examined and approved by a member of the Board. That the sum of £3 10s bo paid the lnangab.ua Junction Sohool Committee in discharge of vote for stove. — It is reoommended that before the balance of vote for the new school at Church Hill be paid, the building be , examined and certified as satisfactory by the arohitect.— The following is a statement of the Board's finances : - Building fund, £1496 11s 7d, subjeot to votes to Committees to thd amount of £348 19s lOd, leaving an available balance of £IUI 11s 2d. On general account there is a credit balance of £2433 16s 7d, and of votes to Committees £50 16s, leaving an available balanca of £2383 Os 7d, subject to the payments of the day. ♦ The report was adopted. The following are the tenders referred to in the above ;-H. D. Jackson, £615 4a lid (accepted) ; T, B. Huffam, £646 6s 2d. Miss Barry was appointed mistress, and Mr Dowling master, of Charleston sohool. Master Dolamore was appointed probationer at the Lyell. Miss Haycook was appointed probationer at Ngatimoti. The Promised Land Committee was inatruoted to send ia an estimate of the cost of painting &c, and £10 was granted for desks and cupboards. The division line as recommended by the Karamea and Promised Land Committees was adopted. The Inspector said he had met the Town Committee and arranged certain redistributions of the attendance at the school*, and that there appeared to be no difficulty in the way of making the necessary arrangements . Mr Win attended from Dovadale respecting the Inspector's report as to erecting an aided sohool in the district. The Inspector repeated his obj'c'ions stating than there did not appear to him to be the slightest necessity for it, as tbe register showed that the children all round the dit-trict attended the eobool. Mr Win Bald thai his children had tbree miles to go to school, wbioh wai too far at this time of the year. They did not ask for an aided, but for a household sohool. The Insppotor said that to do this would be to rob the Dovedalo sohool of as many £4 a year as there would be children attending the present school, whioh was even now not supporting itself. Mr Clayden did not think that Mr Win bad made out a case. Tbe Inspector had reported, sod tbe Board were bound by his report uoleea good oauee wan shown to the contrary, whioh had not been done. Mr Win replied that, ho presumed the sohool would be robbed if the ohildreu did not go to school at all jssfc as much us if they went to. another nobool, aod this would tie the oaee during the winter. Mr Denckor pointed out that, though the residents had a grievance in this respect, tho population was getting lees. He oould not see his way to voting money for (his purpose. Mr Philiips moved that the consideration of the matter be deferred until the August meeting, by which time the Inspector would have vuit.ed the district and examined the register for tho winter. The Inspector pointed out that this was inviting the parents who wanted the new sohool to keep their ohildren away. The Inspector's inspection reports for the month were laid on the table. Resolution agreed to. Correspondence from the Neudorf Sohool Committee and Mr Hill, the master, was read. Mr Hursthouse fully recognised that Mr Hill was a most effioient teacher, but it seemed olodr that he could not get on where he was, and he thought that it would be well to inform Mr Hill that at the earliest opportunity the Board would expect him to apply for another school under the Board.— (Continued on third Page.)

|^^§Spe;^S^ be removed. He |^^^^^^^|t^j;BUj[-;xeoBivo three months' «^^^^Smp^JbeoatiBe lie failed to (ret on with flf^P^fQip^titts. — Mr Harknesg would e < motion *° & n ?** Hi]] B^llpwf jraß^B*Mi i»tud*noti fail to he detrimental BSIMf %^-Mt- Tarrant had long: held the B|ll|opihi6n>that the time would come when Sir people of Neudorf must part, H^^Wt; he/^ould not /but 'see. that if they disdßDtll he would never get another I^^V^ointme&t in the Nelson district. — Mr said that up to lately the had entertained a very high o£,'Mr Hill as a teaoher, but there jj^f£^[a£u^n|ftn t 'uii,f oftunate difference between i|j|^;»invand some of the residents. Here was a j^^SCwman, asd the solitary complaint against Ill^jaun wag that he .did not get on with some He would hare to leave pl^thii, district but it would only be fair to him ll^thafctMiß be thought about in as considerate |p^ a' ri&nde'r W 'possible. He moved, "That t rei)qmMend64 to apply for any f there may be in the Board's tmd^the Board desire to express their of his aervioes as a teaoher, any ■ unpleasantness has ||g|6<sSprreq to render the above reoomatendaj^JriJtr amendment to the effect |Hill receive three months notice that there was no j^\ complaint as to his not being efficient, was <t>ut" and negatived; tb>e mover alone voting •&<&, for ■ ifcl *$ >M^r resolution -was i#'l\ltt; W|«tfm^edjbat the vote of £6 to i&L'Mt pm'itK tt> Uppe*' Wakefield for instructing % : ' ? P^^^'C^<s in(Jed on *&* ground that g :-* n W^^iot 'imparted was, according to ftr^ ,%J^jSNlo^ ? |Sep"or,y, very deleotive. t« tt^^WrHur^tliotiae' t¥oug*it there was- some- ; th^r»didwly^wrong in their by-laws. The *Kw^J,Mpointed/ perhaps the biggest noodle the Bohtfbl as a probationer, and requested &\4Ke tsacheir to instruct him. ' Then, alter he had -all' thd- trouble, he was to be refused /renmnaration if the probationer failed to pass f . v e3SSniinftt(on wbioh there was never any getting • through. The remedy leave, the aoleotion of the prob* pi;: ; Mr-.HSfeie*B said. th*t*in town a teaoher fe^migHrtKSre a number of probationers under when they passed (be teaoher g^bJftlremuileration. In the country peronly one probationer to whom he If; devoted aU hia time, and in the eveot of his ll^laiHn^^ p»il%e'received no remuneration. fc^-V jjl^^aiden's^motion wbb onrri'd . Ayes : if Me^^Orayderi, Danoker, and Phillips, and NoesT Metsrs fiurathoose PV^OQ^m' Motion of Mr Olayden it w;a % vote^Mir Smith £5 to reimburse ffs^Ws*i&6Ud?bt ■ ooming - to Nelson. OhairmbD.jMaßere Oltydeo and fg?Httr«fchou*e. Noes : Messra P.hillips, Hark1 * Tbe'Ohairmau gave his £ owtipg Tofee^ with -the Ayee. 3<>^|^«pß|ls,^ion^wo». received from the ponttmtttee for £20 for paint. the Bcbool.— Eeaolved th<it the Commitp'iee' bo/authbriaed f io aooept a tender not c g^tAn^ application wbr received from the s|^|dd(#on'B Flat Committee for a ' earn of ssjjri^niy'itot erecting a fence.— Resolved that* to thereaolution thai £1 granted and 'that "the Committee t I^aVlltblrpowjße to aoospt liflders up to that ;'^;j^J^|^^Wn,Comßalbtee applied for the § erwmon ofa oofcUgefor the mistrf SB of tbe ' >',girTßi/^bhw>Jj there being,no ploo» in wbioh <.' ?fb© obnVd Urc exceptJn a public hove,— Mr r Phmtpo ftidnhit be 3 would give notice of >l; ? tootlqu^h^a lum not exceeding £200 bo 1/ fbwd tor top, purpose. „ ' £ r 'Mr Peoowir was of cpjnion that thera were li <»tlwr;'pjAoes where 1% teacher ought to be wltb. fiouse accommodation. ; l^^raoirtßrightwateij Qommittee pointed out '■Vifni^t tnwe vware 'ceitain conditions in the f mmlk»tiook for the new school to the effect were to make advance pfa%m€Trtu'&d the certificate of the inapaotor, f^fujcf tibfti not having 'the money to carry this l/'ottt f^iej might get into difficulties, for which " may mjofltbold the -Board responsible. i" Mr Deripker moved that a master be tor the Bnghtwater school at a ffiMlary of £180, but this found no supporter. \/. Mr' Harkaeas moved that the salary be IW&X2O. Lost on the ossting vot« of the V, esijsrm>n:±>HeßBr'B >H»rknee?, Harethouae, ; *nd Phillips voting for it, and Mersrs Tar- , #»nt, OUydtn, and Denoker against it. -v/t. |frOi»y<iea 'moved that the salary be £4 -%' Mr Har4thous« said that he had always ttfts b6£Toql as a great mf stake, beinpr t and nndesirable, and a piece of fw&tlpu}. He moved that' the ealary be f^loO;^Agreed tft. „ „ :f" Tbe Baton Oommitlee applied for an V •llot»flttce for Miss Holdaway, who bad feplened on, aooouot of ill health. —On the ''j motion of 'Mr/Clayden it was resolved that * "thVSb'arcT'oahnot accede to the request. r > v ,Tb,frjU6fe^e Grey Committee applied for a 4 "VOteifpr,^ desk and oupboard, and the r jOpmmittee for desks. — Both i ' •pjfticjatipns were referred to the Inspector. — V Jf^jfiazkness called attentivn to the state of the-pilea; Under t)ie building.— Mr Tarrant -f jMttd^Jifiiß jP»B,irman had spoken tojhim on tbe cl^aoatjer and he bad recommended him to 1 " report it.io tbe Board, — Besoived that Mr ■• ; Ellis vis&tbe school. ' :}„ - , Mr Phillips Buggeated that the Ngatimoti V- Oommittee be authorised to get tho desks '" • ■Mde'lodglly. , Agreed to. c \ Tka tow«r Wakefield Committee again *-' -sppUed tpt a grant tot^ a tcaohor's honse beooniing uninbabitI *.'■* JfcDanckee gave notice of motion tbat '*" ihe a'Ufopriationof the building fmnd be . oonfidS^d' At Ihe next or the following ~\ >, ,Tb%Bdwd tjben adjourned, +*' r < ■'* i'.~»~ - . ■■■:.■■:.