EDUCATION BOARD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10415, 18 July 1895, Page 3

EDUCATION BOARD.

A meeting of the Educatiou Board was held yesterday afternoon, and attended by Messrs H. Clark (chairman), M. Cohen, A. M'Kerrow, D. Borrie, and J. F. M. Fraser. A QUFSTION OF PEN AND INK MONEY. Tlio following lo'.tc- v;as read from the bou. secretary of the O im«n Xorth Committee :'— "I am directed to aekuowWdse ree-ipc of yours oftlie 39;h Jar.c, not'fyu g a deduction of £2 19s 2d rrom (he Oauarn North School Committee's allownnce for c),c quarter. In reply, I am directed to cule*: the committee's prolesb .-giinst the reductiou a-, being a highhandsd and illegnl act, aud to reque>t th«t, tlie amounb withbHid may be f-jcthwita pUceii to the cicfe of tlw comiuiliCce.»i. the B,uik ot New Zealand, OAinaru. I em rl<-o instructed to infurm you th.-t my c rnmitue intend fco bring the whole matie- under th« notice of the Hoa. the WiiuistfT for Education."

A further lettei '7ii ruid irom the Oamicn North Comrai tee a«kin o ' the bo<id to indicate the items ot toe account (ejclo--i d) which the auditor took to make-up a sum of £9 5s for school statiouciy for whi" l •' tht h ara' gr^nb might not be intd," ts the committe v,sV-t.d to know whft pit1- o w tit, exucndituie \' s deemed a lfgrtunute ch^i,f» ), icst thi, bc»ta s gr«nt an-1 wuit v;as aisallow d A list cf i^ems nn ffrtwrded by tbe auditor which went to make up , hum 11 £9 5 spe'ib ty the comnittee on school ftiUo letj It «^& ig l <> t> foiivinl th" suaitor'e exUina'-ion to tbe comrm tee I>ISCLLLA\ OXjS Ckinas fiom iLc Wi-t f ones, Waikoi'coi, Bevjn cn v, Oti-ke, and Bill Hill Cotrmittcfs tor Lalf the cc&b ot iiLpro\tmtutß were sanctioned On the rccommend-idon of Innpec or Pilz gptftld, it was d"cided to e^tabl".h n <cnoolat Ei.rusclens.il The s<Trec<uy w-s authorueJ. to pui live, at , i c»sJ rot exceeding- £10 an acie, two ,nd | -\ lirH ar>-pi for the cxtei faiun t f the school site at DtmiaiK An apj) cation from sett'eis at Ciuiub il Bay for rhi eHUbli-hmcLt of ae(hool wjs referred to the inspectors An application from the Ty)inm GonimiULe for repairs was referred lo the architec1- for a report A le^er was read from thf Union strett School Committep di awing •\#-rntion to the necesi'-F tor reiifwn g- the pipm;ondsp uliug ot tie school—lt was agueri to e\toitt the ■no-k, tht e"t mttt"d cost pf which is £10 muvr tbe superusion ot theatchi'cc^, It was asfxed a'so, a - the uqutsl of the committe', lo ilhcb rcairn ti the l<nd matter y tsideicc at a, probable cost of £60. A letter was ie°d from (L Tlig Sv.amp School Committee -il i, g if tLey would bi justified in pijingn to *he cluk —The aic-eteiy was m-tructed to leply that the act ■ftould not permit it ih" (endci of William Midokmafß (£2B 10i 7d) for the erection of oufcoi lie mgs at Kditangata was accepted *