EDUCATION BOARD.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6326, 28 September 1907, Page 11

EDUCATION BOARD.

MONTHLY MFiF.TTNO. Th<, m«i>tMv rnPfitinK of the Wellington Education Hoard w„* he'd vwAvnli.y r r’l'JfJM. F>. f-si’ii I—k*1 — k* . Allan icb-iirmnn), J. Kel.V-M. A. W. Hoy-. v in; a. w. Ain:e„, M.n.R.. a. ir. Vile.' W. IT. Field. and Option T. \V. McDonald. I/-»w of .nVennn was grantad to Messrs Buchanan ami Lee. (IENEKAB BUSINESS.

The clerk of works was instructed to renort on iru'ttors aET‘'O i-iu latrines at Orovtown and the teachers residence at TcuhercmK'iu. . .. The o««“Hon of obtaining a new sdo for the school at Eketohtmn. the present institution being totally inad-unate tor the. rwmirements, was considered. On the motion of Air V,le. it was doeided to purchase a site of throe or more ( acres nfferrvl by Mr Anderson "t « T> r ' _ j of on thnt half t'tfi fOBt j is paid'by the Government A deoutn- j f.inn was appoinlcd to waP ujvv* the Minister to urge the claims of the Board in the matter. . A poHiion wa*j received from u p<ic«town ashing that n more central site be provid"d for the rsdiool. Car,)am A.CDmiahl Paid that in his _ nnmjon the ros-Mon's hrul a genuine grievance. i tie chairman said the Board has! .two acres of tand in another position in tb" district than the me suggested.—Tt was decided that the members tor the eitr visit 11idistrict a.nd furnish a report to Am>b'cat : cn to made by the Training 'College authorities for a subsidy of .TT Cl „„ to .£lO on a sum of money raised nut of a ««.« nt used in fumlshi’-g the celleny—GranteiL A committee van unpointed to supervise the expenditure of £1?(W on the r . r rctlen of *e r >om to- Woodwork at So.dh Wellington school. The Stale— of the finances showed that Idle hni'dine account was .£6?a fls ■M on (Tie /lel-it ride. th« general neeeuut h-.d Eloll7 ins md to credit, the technical account JT’O Ids fid. manual and teeh-nical-£4ll f»e !>d. teachers’ salaries' ,£1)41 7« Pi. The paysheet amounting to .£7053 17s 8d was passed for pevment. It was doeided. suhieet to the consent of the Minister, to ch-e a strin of lend about 10 feel wide nu the eastern side and part of the present TTutt School site for st r „„t widening purnos-K The EdnenHon Department int’mated that .£1123 had been veted towards tho rest ef nurchapinn n site cm the eastern side of Bower Butt.—On the motion of Car,tain McDonald, seconded hv Mr Fi"ld a eommitfee consisting of Messrs Allan'. Bee. Vile. Field and M-Dine'd was appointed to draw up a scheme for finding wavs and means reouired to purchase "a sehool site at Eastern TTutt. Mir Wilford has been informed that the Government lias grantee! a pound for pound e-niwidv no to £ll2-1 for the purchase of a new school site at the Hu tt. WORKS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. On the recommendation of the Works and Finance Committee the following grants were decided on; —TTastwell. .£.34 for rearrangement of roof, nnteide nainting and general renams: Korokoro. £4l Ifts for excavation, filling in and metalling; Raneitnmau. . -BIR for fencing, draining and filling approach: Shannon, £3 17s fid for effecting repairs; Fk-pita-hnn.a. .£6 for new tanks, etc.: Petono, £l3O for erection of new latrines: Bovin, £ll for removing fence, etc.; jfonnt Cook (infant), £?0 for blackboard screens; Coonoor. £43 10s for repairs to school and residence. It was also decided, on the recommendation of the same committee: That the offer of £ls for rent of residence Bite at lower Hntt be accepted with a tenancy from year to year, terminable by either party giving six months’ writfen nrtice, tenant to have the right of the removal of buildings. The tender of Mesisrs -T. and A. Wilton £32 12s 6d. for drainage at South Wdlington school was accepted. flu| sum of £95 was granted for alterations at the Kaitoke school and £77 for painting the Kilbirnie school throughout. , The following grants were made to teachers and committees in consideration of losses by fire: —South Wellington. teachers £2O; Hnkanni, committee £3, teachers £3 10s; Alfredton, committee, £1 10s: Ohan, committee £lO, teachers £3 10s. Tho allowances to teachers are approximately on the basis of an allowance of half cost for books really used in the instruction of the children. I It was decided to reply to tho Wairarapa School Committees’ Association that tho Board had not expressed general disapproval of tho septic tank system, and had tho matter under consid-

oration. The Board decided to vote £2O in settlement of the water supply dispute in connection with Kaiwarra, PETONE SCHOOL SITE. Captain McDonald, Mr Vile and the ihoirman reported that they had carefully inspected the portion of the Petono Western school site which the Board had been advised to purchase, and were of opinion that the back portion was quite unsuitable for a school ground. They recommended that the Board should acquire a sufficient area of dry land on the side abutting the main Hurt road, including the whole of the frontage to the road. The report was adopted, and it was decided to take the necessary steps to acquire the land recommended. PAHIATUA SITE.

Mr Tile and the chairman reported that they had inspected the site under purchase at Pahiatua. The whole site of seven , acres originally offered, and recommended for purchase by the school committee, was a rectangle of about eight chains deep from west to cast by about eight and three-quarter chains frontage on the town or western side. As the Board had decided to purchase only five acres, the committee recommended that the five acres be taken from the southern boundary: of this urea, two acres to be purchased by the technical school, these to be taken oS the western side of the five acres. The report was adopted, and it was decided to inform the Pahiatua authorities that the Board could not alter its previous decision. Inspector Fleming was instructed to see the parties and endeavour to get a satisfactory settlement of the difficulty which has arisen. TRAINING COLLEGE.

The following recommendations of tho committee of advice for the training college were adopted That tho department be requested to permit three senior students to continue for a third year the total number of students, including these, being, if necessary, limited to eighty. That probationers of the free kindergarten must be admitted to tho college as visitors by arranging previously with the principal. That the course of instruction of the secondary department be framed to meet the requirements of all scholars who have gained a certificate of proficiency; and that, in addition, provision bo made for special instruction of pupils whose intention it is to become teachers.