EDUCATION BOARD.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1200, 1 March 1895, Page 17

EDUCATION BOARD.

?; The usual monthly meeting of the WelEducation Board was held on¥edV nesday. Present —Messrs J. R. Blair (in the chair), W. C.Buchanan, M.H.R., W. W. McCardle, J. Young, P. Bradey, W. A. Pitzherbert and P. H. Fraser. Apologies .for non-attendance were received from the ■'.'* Kev Ji Paterson and Dr Newman, M.H.R. The capitation account was reported to be in credit to the amount of .£1621 7s 9d, , >,'and the building account in debt to the amount of .£lß6l Os 9d, the actual over- ; <2raft jbeing i}239 13s. The Chairman said \ that unless great care was taken with the ftnf&cefl it would be necessary to resort to .;,. tha>,undesirable expedient of retrenching ■ : -salaries. :The committee appointed to deal, with . slie : questioii of the establishment of a school in Waikanae reported that, as soon " as I 'a'suitable site could be obtained, a school should be built on the same basis as that hitherto acted on by the Board in other townships along the line. A separate school would be required for the Small '-'Fruit ■■ Association settlers. The committee asked be empowered to proctire the necessary site. The report was '-■-^'adbptedJv:; appointed to deal with iJie. iqueiation of selling the surplus resi,4 dence and school sites at Otaki recom- •;. fended that the portion of the school site of the main road be : sold in, two sections of about 2 J acres each. ) That the remainder, about three-quarters of an acre, on the northern side of the road, be retained as a paddock for horses brought by boys attending the school; <;hat the residence and all the land at'"i in extent, be put up in one lot; that the upset price of lot 1 be at the irate of £4O per acre, and the upset price of lot 3 be fixed at .£350. The report was adopted. The, committee which had been investigating the trouble at the Mauriceville School reported that they had been unable to satisfy themselves of the truth of the charges against the bead master, the evidence'being, extremely conflicting, and characterised- by ' the total inability .of either side to fix even approximate dates. The particular acts amounted at most to indiscretions, that is if they had been proved, which, in the opinion of tLe com- ; mittee,..,they were not. As considerable 7"»^Jfedljng.had been aroused it was recom- ••.•,-/ bo removed and. 'appointedto some other district as soon as .possible. The report was adopted.*?, ~ A ■ r 'ii'.; M T < h.e resignations of . Miss • Jessie Nairn (Thorndon), Miss Mary White (Newtown) : : ■ and Miss Jane M. Miller (Otaki) were i; accepted. committee of tho Mount Cook School wrote thanking the Board for imi proyements effected to the school. The ' .action 6f the chairman in or U ring the removal of the tower was approved. ;•; It was decided to reappoint Miss Francos 1 . Tbwnsend as pupil teacher when a suitable '! ;-■ opportunity occurred. ;';•; The offer by Mr Henry Mitchell of a ■clock" ; for the Mitchelltown School was accepted with thanks. ' ? It; "was decided to close the school at ■/,: Koro Koro on March 31st, as the attendance had fallen to three. Miss Chatwin, 'the teacher, will be transferred to town. It was decided to open the Horokiwi , School as an aided school, under Miss I* Mackintosh. \- Itvwas resolved to inform Miss Dora Barnard (Kaiwaiwai) that the Board could * pot' :cbmply with her request for payment ' on the same basis as the former teacher. A sum of .£lO was voted as remuneration to Mr W. Toohill (Eketahuna). : '-M It was decided to inform Miss Catherine Stanton (Newtown) that the Board was unable to grant her request for trail fares. , The application of Reginald loss (Car- • -terton) to be transferred to the Manawatu. , district was acceded to, and he was appointed to Otaki. „ ■ ' The resignation of Miss Margaret Walton ■; (Dreyerton) and an application of Miss; Maria Toohill for a transfer from f ,Bketahuna were agreed to. ; \ ;;■■"" It was decided to appoint Miss Willis as < pupil teacher at Khandallah. v Applications for pupil teachers at Maka- , \ • feabi; and Pahautanui were postponed for I

further consideration until the next meeting. A request from Pahautanui that the constable be appointed as truant officer was acceded to, and the question of repairs to the roof of the residence was left i in the hands of the carpenter. j The chairman was empowered to deal | with the difficulty that had arisen between the headmaster of the Mangamahoe School . i and the chairman of the committee with | I reference to entries in the log book. .. i The applications of the Newman Com- j mittee for better accommodation, and of j tho Park Vale Committee for repairs to the roller blinds at the teacher's residence and a grant of £lO towards the cost of erecting horse stalls, was declined. The chairman and Mr McCardle were appointed to deal with an application to | take over the Ngaturi school. The question of repairs to the residence and school at Gladstone was left in the I hands of the carpenter. I An application from Waihakeke for a grant of .£5 5s towards procuring a water- j supply was acceded to> and a request from . Kaitara for a artesian water supply was referred to the Chief Inspector. ' An estimate was ordered of the cost of putting in order a site for a'- school at Berhampore. Mr Lee reported a change made in the instruction of pupil teachers which would effect a saving of .£3O a year. He mentioned that from the grant made last year by the Board 60 country school libraries had received assistance. On his recommendation a sum of £lO was voted for the purchase of magic lantern slides for use in the schools, the teachers in many cases having promised to provide the lanterns; With respect to the overcrowding of the Petone School the Chairman reported that he and Inspector Fleming had visited the school, and that he had satisfied himself that the representations of the committee were fully borne out. He concurred ;,Fith the recommendation of the committee tli&t the Board sell the surplus site with the building by auction, and five sections, on one of which there is a, room ■ of no great value. It was expected, .that this property would realise about £300.., He further recommended that an infant school be built on the present school ground, but apart from the main school, with the proceeds of the sale of the land, and that a section at the extreme southern boundary be purchased to give access to the school from that portion of the township. The report was adopted. '( '."."' An application for a grant of £25 from Khandallah for fencing ; was left in the hands of the chairman to report upon at the next meeting. The request of the Terrace Committee for the services of the carpenter for a few days was referred to the chairman. It was decided to carry out the renovation of the inside of Te Aro School during the midwinter holidays. .An application for painting the Clyde quay School and repairing the fences was referred to the chairman.

Mr Fleming (inspector) was directed to visit the Mangapokeo district and report as to a site for a school. Miss Lilian M. Tocker was appointed pupil-teacher at Kaiwaiwai, and Miss Bairstow at Clareville. '. j ■■■•'•'- The Board, in committee, granted,leave of absence to Miss Hewitt, pupil-teacher at Newtown, on account of ill-health ; and on the recommendation of the Westland Education Board agreed to reoeive a pupilteacher from that district as soon as a suitable opening occurred. The chairman was authorised to arrange with Mr Parker for the use of a piano for the singing classes.