CAVERSHAM.

Otago Witness, Issue 1419, 1 February 1879, Page 19

CAVERSHAM.

The election of' the Caversbam School Committee •caused cin^iiierable excitement, and the result was

Messrs Laing, Rutherford. Brage, Todd, Russe'l, «C»meron, an< Kobeits were declared duly elected. The outgoing Committee's report, after referring 4o the va'ioui niodiiua'ions in tbesiafcij of educttior.at onatters aeuß'al'j, htatedth.it the iocri'a«edaUet.dance at the K'trn nin/of the.year necessitated additional ac •commr.d -lion tnd • eachinjf power While tv flf ih classiioom waa re".g buili, advent ge was t»k«n of a liberal Offer of tbeßoroiu ( hCouriciltou«ethe Drill-shed. Rvery Effort had kef n niAd« to have the teacher's resid -nee aemoved ir in its l.resr-iH site, so as to add the gulden >to the playtiroim.i and tbe improvement w-s ex pected to b-c.r i^d <nit shortly. The average attwi--danre for ihe j ear ha i been *s follows:— Ftrquarler ■ending 31 1 M vrch. 339 ; do. 30th Juue, 350 ; dvi. 30tU September. 356; do. Slbt Dictmber, 437. 'ihe win bir enrolled amce tho beginning of the jear had batn 479. The balarico-sh -et f r the yea- o\ dvng January, 1879, •ehowed th»t £47 2- 5 1 ha 1 been spe.st in repairs to ih ■ school, !v d i hat thexe waa a crefiit balanca ia the B*nfc of £24 17s lOd.

lounced to be as fc W. Lalrg B. Rutherford Todd Rwsell .. Cameron Roberts Foray th Craig Bald v> in Wilson Bioadfoot .. oilov wb:— No. of Votes. * .. 89 .. 86 .. 72 .. 58 .. 63 .. 49 .. 39 .. 35 .. 33 .. 3D .. 10 .. 7 Ko. of Voters. 24 30 21 20 20 19 10 15 10 10 5 3