ELECTION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4748, 3 February 1877, Page 3

ELECTION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

OTAHUHU. The annual meeting of householders for the election of a School Committee for this district, was held in the Otahuhu Public Hall on Wednesday. About 60 householders were present. Mr. Luke, the Chairman of the School Committee, was voted to the - chair. The Chairman read the report, which stated that the number of scholars on the roll was 131, with, an average attendance of 85. Seven pupils were prepared for the Provincial Scholarship examinations, but only three went up for examination, none of whom were successful. The advantages derivable from the savings bank, under the management of Miss Ella Gould, assisted by senior pupils, are brought under the notice of parents. The ■ total amount transferred from the school bank to the Government Savings Bank, between July 23 and December 31, wae £3 9s—an average of 3s per week. Greater regularity of attendance is also impressed upon parents—the irregular attendance being a serious drawback to efficient education, and a cause of great; inconvenience to teachers. In compliance with the representations of the committee, lots 6, 8, and 10, section 8, of unoccupied reserves in Otahuhu, have been converted into school reserves by the Government, and an allotment at the corner of the Great South Road has been purchased by the committee from Mr. Fairburn for £30, as a school site, besides an adjoining lot, with building erected thereon, for £65, intended ae a teacher's residence. The committee have not yet collected the £75 which the Board of Education require the district to contribute before giving a grant of £175 towards the cost of erecting a new school-house, and the committee express a hope that the required sum may be quickly forthcoming, in order that the new schoolhouse may be built without delay. Great satisfaction is expressed with the head teacher, Mr. Wannop, and Miss Ella Gould, the assistant, with whom the committee have worked harmoniously.—The report was unanimously adopted. Nine gentlemen were proposed and seconded as the School Committee for 1877. After the ballot was taken, it was found that the following gentlemen had received the highest number of votes : Gordon, 103 ; Luke, 57 ; Calvert, 28 ; Bowden, 18 ; Markham, IS. The Chairman declared Messrs. Gordon, Luke, Calvert, Bowden, and Markham, duly elected members of the Otahuhu District School Committee for 1877.

rOKENO The annual meeting o£ householders of the Pokeno School District was held in. tho Pokeno Hill Schoolroom on Saturday, the 27th ult., at 2 p.m., the attendance at which showed the deep interest the inhabitants feel in their schools. On the motion of Mr. W. Douglas, Mr. Cricket was called to the chair, who called upon Mr. Rhodes, the chairman of the outgoing committee, to read the report for the past year. The report stated that there were two schools in the district, Queen's JRedoubt school and Pokeno Hill school: and during the year, part of the district has been separated, and made into a new district. The following gentlemen were nominated as committee for the present year, aud resulted as follows :—Mr. Rhodes, 37 votes ; Mr. Dean, 2; Mr. Smith, 31; Mr. R,Hobbs,2o; Mr. Lyons, 15; Mr. Bathgate, 15. The chairman then declared Messrs. Rhodes, Smith, 11. Hobbs, Lyons and Bathgate, duly elected the committee for the year 1877. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings.