BOARD OF EDUCATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13191, 31 May 1906, Page 7

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The ordinary meeting of the Auckland Edu cation Board, held yesterday,. was attended b; Messrs. L.. .1. Bagnall, J. b. McKenzic, C. J. Pan iii Edgecumbc, G. L. Peacocke, and " J. Stall worthy, M.11.R. Messrs. A. K. Harris and H. J Greensladc, M.H.K., gent apologies for 1 non-at tendance. Mr. L. J. Bagnall, in consequenc of the death of Mr. Luke, was elected chairman Appointment*: The following appointments wer authorised Mr. D. '. C. Brown, headmaster Tamaki West; Mr. W. J. Gatenby, 8.A., first a* sistaht-master, Mount Eden; Mr. 11. A. 'barrow first assistant-master, Parnell ; Mr. Reginald J Mendl, teacher, Karamu; Mr. Edgar 11. Long teacher, Mangapai No. 2; Mr. Charles Meredith ; master, Paeroa District High School; Mrs. P. A Windust, teacher, Opua; Mrs. R. B. • Murray teacher, Paengaroa. aided school: Miss Rose Col lier, assistant-teacher, Kohukohu; Miss E. M ' Jennings, assistant, Otorohanga; Miss Constanc M. Jory, teacher, Orere aided school. The fol lowing appointments were cancelled: Mr. C.-C i McAdnm, I'akiri; Miss E. W. Laxon, Weymouth. • Resignations : The chairman reported "that th following resignations had been received:—Mr A. Oerring, teacher, Te Maori, and Mr. W. J N. Fletcher, relieving teacher. Finance : The following amounts iu the variou accounts were passed for payment—Administra tior. account, 32 vouchers, £1463 3s 3d; building account, 44 vouchers, £121? lis 4d ; manual am technical account, 11 vouchers, £158 10? 4d. . Th< Finance Committee recommended the payment o Mr. George Niccol's claim for half-cost of fencinj boundary of Girls' High School endowment pro petty, £169 Is, less £10 10« i claim for - resurvey The recommendation was .adopted. It was dc cided to make the usual refund to school com mittees of the amounts expended by them fron school funds for water supply during the , l: months ended March, 1906. A'letter was real from the Education ■ Department notifying ai extra grant of £1299 towards the cost of th' three manual training centres. •'■ ' '■■ ■ ■'■■-'• Resignation of. a Scholarship:. The i-hainriai reported that A. J. Ediniston has. resigned tin junior ■district scholarship held. by. him. Okoroire School: It was. decided to request thi Okoroiie School Committee to furnish the name and ages of children who would attend the eehoo if reopened. Presentation: It was decided to ' request thi Mayor of Onehutiga to present the prize. meda won bv the Onehunga School Cadet Corps. • School' Committee Elections: The election o the Hobson School Committee was declared, voic upon the ground that the meeting was not held ii the proper place. The Manawaru election wat also annulled and fresh meetings in both in stances were arranged. ■' Tenders: The secretary (Mr. Vincent E. Rice reported that the lowest tender received for th« erection of a school at Henderson was that oi E. -Wriglev at £268. . The. Government grant \ya« £240. . Mr. J.' .Mitchell, the Board's architect, said he considered that the tender was too high hut' recommended that it should be accepted. On the suggestion of the. chairman it was decided to approach the Department, with a view to get ting an. increased grant.' and (minting out that the cost of erection of buildings in the country in the winter time was greater than in summer. Woodside School: A deputation, consisting of th" members of the Woodside School Committee, waited on the Board to request that the school building at Wond6ide be. removed to Manurewa, The chairman of the school committee said the removal was in every way desirable, as the school: as at present situated, was not central. . As an instance of this, he pointed out that out of 12 pupils attending the school 46 came from-the Manurewa side, as compared with 26 from the other. The school," lie submitted, should never have been placed .there. . The secretary of the Board said-it would cost £200 to shift the school, and towards this the residents of Manurewa had subscribed £100. The chairman of the school committee said thev' were unanimous in the opinion that the school" should be shifted to Manurewa; where ti capital site bad already been provided. Mr. Peacocke thought that the only course open to the Board was to remove the school; and trust to the Government to give a. grant. . It was decided to proceed with the removal of the school.