MANGAPAPA SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13699, 1 June 1915, Page 5

MANGAPAPA SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The first meeting of the ahove. committee since their election was held last night, 'inure M«re present :' "-Messrs W. J. McCliskie (chairman), H. J. Clayton, J. Reinviclc, H. Holmes, G, Bartiett, and E. S. Ci-oldsmith, Mesdames fionie and' ijxilJeod. H'ho •headinastei i> s report stated that the average attendance for the past month had. been 362.3, which was y.0.8 per cent, of, the average roll. The prcsont roll ' : was' 404. A'sum.pf £8 10s 3d >vas collected by the children m connectiou with the -May Queen Carnivai, andSfomaided to the" funds^of the v children's brecKe. iNliss Mai-tm; who had been- absent on sick leave, nadresufnietl her,' duties. It was to be regretted that the Boai'd* declined tc> provide a teachers' room. Very often the : teachers had their lunches at school 1 , aoid one of the class rooms had to bo taken by them. Few schools as large as that was were unprovided with teachers' rooms. . Arrangements for the ' schiool concert wero nearly oomple'ted., und they > should bfe able io hold it' in a couple of weeks. The girls m the upper classes were going' to employ their spare time m knitting scarves for the soldiers. The headmaster referred ( to several minor matters requiring attention, and it was decjdied to have tn'e work done. The Intpector's' report was reo^ived and considered highly satisfactory. c 'flic Hawke's J3ay Education Board notified that the .Mangapapa School bo • kiipwn { as Gi^b^rne , North, as from. '.January -1, M916.-rrjs ; wjw' decided/ 6n tlie motion' of the cH^ipnaii^ second^ e4 V>" r ? Duncan,, to' again stxongly object to the' name o£ tji^' d^stricfc being altered. '•'" , ' , , Q a, the ; motion %of Mr ttett, seoondT *d by Mr^ i^toyne. it, *^' decided 'to refer th^" reiatter" L of school books to the Schabr Committees Association, with d view to getting the /Government to supply, same. It was decided to wjrite to Mr j. K. Kirk, congratulattn? him on his election to the Council of Education. Feeling nefemioa was mad* to tha > death bi Private Cecil Jlllery, who was

killed m action at the Dardanelles, and it was decided to forward a letter of condolence to Mr and*' Mrs T. Ellery and family. v The conunitlee decided to erect a suitable tablet m or neao 1 the school to commemorate the boys of tho school who. have gone to the war. Messrs BurLlett and Clayton were appointed a vi-iting committee for the month. Accounts amounting to £21 12s were •passed for paymeiit.