REEFTON.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 95, 24 April 1895, Page 3

REEFTON.

The following are the new School Committee — Messrs North, Shepperd, Dunn, Pollock, Coclirane, Nortliill, and McNeill. MOTUKKA. At the meeting of householders, Mr H. E. Gilbert presided. The report was read as follows : — " During tlle I )a8t y ear J' olu ' Committee have held sixteen meetings, und have on nil occasions worked harmoniously together. V Shortly after taking olhee your Committee obtained a grant from the Jidurnt ion Board for the purpose of having the hollow space between the two schools filled up, and box drains made and laid to cany oil the water from the schools. The work was earned out in a satisfactory manner, mill the result has exceeded the expectations oi the Committee. •' Your Committee has also been suco: a ful in obtaining a grant for a sufficient sun to paint the headmaster's house, and this work will be proceeded with. "In December last the parents am friends oE the school children were invitei to contribute towards a treat for the chil dren, to which they liberally responded the result being that a picnic was held ii Mr Hurathoustfs Bush on the 19th Uecem bcr, and was in every way a success. " Your Committee finding that the tim< from the hop-picking holidays to th annual examinations was too short to alkn much preparation, it was resolved to com municate with the Inspectors, and urg the necessity of extending the time of th examinations to near Christmas, Th Chairman therefore waited upon the Ir spectors, and received a promise that the would give the matter their earnest cons deration, and hoped before long to be abl to arrange to take the examinations. ra.iw later in the y ear.

" The average attendance at the school has been somewhat smaller during the past year than that of the previous year, owinjr, in a great measure, to the prevailing enidomii s which have succeeded one another so rapidly. " Since your Committee took office the School Attendance Ac*, 1894, has become law. This Act makes it compulsory for the Committee to take action in cases where parents neglect to send their children to school. Your Committee have only found it necessary to take extreme measures with one individual, who from religious scruples failed to obey the la iv . '■ In conclusion, your Committee consider it a matter for congratulation that the school is under the management of so excellent a headmaster and capable stall' of teachers, and they trust that the good feeling existing between the Committee, teachers, and pupils may long continue." The report and balance sheet were adopted. The following were declared elected as the Committee for the following year : — Messrs Thomas Boyes, William Boyes, H E Gilbert, Richmond Ilnrslhousej C II King, Edmund Parker, and Henry Rumbohl. The Committee met afterwards, and re-elected Mr H B Gilbert as Chairman.