GISBORNE SCHOOL CONCERT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12199, 15 July 1910, Page 5

GISBORNE SCHOOL CONCERT.

(To the Editor of the Herald.) < Sir.— Knowing the keen interest the Herald evinces- in Si) thai im ( uh»b tor ioca. prngn . wo feel -<v'eJnity! with donfldence plead w^h, you to (Jive piiolipity to. ttjir hmkui ior mo Wipport '«k'the pubtir. i«M-to«»nPotir>n with t.hn Wboye <en|*Maintfeht' to tapfifciven this eveping. •It "is cprttrthfy not t<e«ftiMtjy to speak ot Win' good work of the school 1 'amongst Glsborne's tuture men and women 1 . It is ireoeKßary, however, to say that the -work is, tt a measure, being crippled through want of funds. Th e Withdrawal of the.' capitation grant by the l&epnrtnient' JiAn^ lest tne local committee to face n most '-'VfptWis deficit. Many things in connection with the nchool cry aloud for improvement., l)ut, as the .dhpsen trusteed of the genwral 1 public we ! -are. fotfeed to husband t.ho scanty funds at our disposal, and to leave much neressary wdfk Undone. 'All will be well some day, wheri that capitation grant ' is restored, Init meanwhile we a,re anxious and impatient for. the welfare of our splendid school. Our citissetos have never yet refused a call -to help, nnd we are confident 'that, for the children's snke, they will come to iho 'theiitl'P ffiis evening. If they respond (he young performers promise them u quid pro qun. Thanking you, sir, in anticipation. I am, etc., L. DAWSON THOMAS, , Acting Chairman Gisborne School Com..