TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 22 December 1916, Page 3

TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

At the meeting in New Plymouth on Wednesday, there were present: Messrs 11. Masters (chairman), ,;'HTrimble, B. Dixon, S. G .Smith, C. A, Wilkinson, M,l’., Rev. A. 13. Chappell. The Board passed a motion of sympathy with Mr Wilkinson on the death of his father. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT. ! The Chairman reported that during the interim the following" temporary appointments had been made: Korito, Miss &. Ml Porter, solo, teacher Kent;, Mr Fi B. Peart, sole teacher; OUtngiwai, Miss A. Mitchell, assistant. AU the' appointments dated fronj December 1. : > ;<.»• ! ’ J Epidemics.—lt was necessary- to 'dose the Pnniwhakan School on Ded emhor 7 on account of an outbreak of .whooping cough, etc. TEACHERS. ’The following teachers- were granted lea ve of absence : Miss R. I ait, assistant, Ha worn, six months; Mr G. M’lntosh, soVe teacher, Ahititi-Touga-porutn, two weeks. , : The following resignations were accepted: Mrs M. Rattcnbnry, sewing ■teacher, Tongaporutu; Miss W. K. Bates, assistant, Hawera; Mrs M. A. Brereton, sole teacher, I ntuiawa. li.V.^P»A L '..pSTRIJCTION. •

lofTlreM«Kfct i oii. ; (M)i! A. Gray) repgjftee: cltAHyPih tlio ; various centres av;A ftbM'l'UldSedAdowa for tile .yl'airi:l’ ■‘tleSire to Paget' a, matroii of the hospital who; at considerable inconvenience to themselves, gave very valuable assistance to the teachers’ Saturday classes. SCHOOL BUILDINGS. The overseer (Mr C. H. Moore) reported : ■ A considerable amount of my tnht has* been taken up with proposed worn in the’Ohnra district. 1 made a special'trip to deal principally with the proposed additions at Matiere and a new school at Te Wakarae. Eu route 1 called at the Okaluikuia and MahOV kan schools. These schools appeared to be in fair order, but as I intend Rp . visit the whole of these schools plater on a report.in detail will be theu 'submitted. ■' ... . xcetf ; Matipre.All 1 made a : careful .(tkanairiah, ! ,n f' ,s ‘” sW ’r c ss{fip r ? t e in, ami .repair' generally, at the same time. 7j) a tu. A grant, was made to the Auckland Board for a residence, him owing to the high price the worn was. not put in hand. I have gone into the matter carefully, and have placed the order for timber, etc. ,to be'Me* iiyered on the" site ami the wm k will ibe put. in,.hand as soon as possible. - ' Tokirima.—-] haypj got .out a plan toi additions to this -school, and mate) ia! is on order. Stanley New School.* —I had to tak;-. these men-away for a fortnight from 1 this work to get on with the engineer Rig building. In the meantime ...oui joiner has completed the Special sas; frames,' and these will -be -fixed, tunHyeek and'the school will be conipleteu •in time to open in the Now Near.

Staff. —-We have at present ton men employed on the building stall ; when the work on hand is completed, we shall be able to concentrate on the general repair work. SCHOOL COMMITTEES' ASSOCIATION. The secretary of the Taranaki School Comini ttees’ Association lonvardeci copies of resolutions ; (1) Urging that New Plymouth be made a yeutre lor primary agricultural instruction uiider Mr Browne’s scheme; (2) asking the board to introduce the sys;cm adopted in the Wellington district re account hooks for school committees; and ,(3). protesMng against the circular instructing school committees to obtain the- permission of the board .before closing schools in case of epidemics. It was resolved to inform the association that a committee had been set up to consider the whole question 01 iijVviculturajL .instruction. Also, tnau uniform account books, as asked for will he supplied, and that the matter »Rdo»ing--of schools will ho covefed by the board’s now regulations. ; , SUPERVISION OF LEASES.

Mr Trimble furnished a report on the lease of school..pile, section 19, 'block 7, Huiroa (ten acres of land situated On thigt'Mptukayva Road, and ahoni. four miles from the Tarata school)..- He recoin mended that a new lease for a term pi, TO years from January L I9IG, he granted to Mr Hogan, Ine occupier of the adjoining hind, at an anreutpbof ornper acre per annum. -Arim'Hg e°»ilonn ol k!i ; se w; is a ' so time that the board considered the appointment.of a ranger to see that tuo numerous reserves, etc., were kept in order.

The Chairman suggested that m» matter might come within tne scope in the agricultural instructor. The report was adopted, and, on the motion of Messrs Chappell and Dixon, a committee: consisting of the Chairman and Mr Trimble was appointed to bring forward- re-modelled forms ol lease and also to discuss the matter ■ o f 'supervision with the agricultural director. OFFICE STAFF.' - '- bo ■ <f hie cbihijlittee sbt up to report on the .stalling of the office stated that as the secretary, Mr Whitcombe, would retire on superannuation in the neu. future it was necessary to have som--one who would not only Tender tne 'required assislrfhco,’’ bfilP#E ho con■t; wisaiirME* '(!;?>■■ tttvorovo.... cqmmeiulel thal an assistant secretary bo”appointed’, at a salary of £300; Lhiit ,Mr Whitcomb' 6 ’s salary be raised Unin £3GO to £375 'per annum, and that ol Miss, Mouat to £IOO, and that the organisation of the staff be loft to the chairman. . The report was adopted. .■> i MISCELLANEOUS. In connection with a complaint from a parent of two duldron at Awal-una School, it was. decided to accept the explanation of the teachers. A letter from,'the headmaster of Ngaere School re porporal punishment was accepted as-satislactory. Mr R. T. Field’s application for a lease of section iMdbckß, Ohura, was referred tq the chairman to inquire into when bo'is in The." Ohura. *:• In view of the scheme for holding a course of instruction in agriculture

at the beginning of the year, it was decided not to take advantage of too Wellington Board’s offer for uncertificated teachers to attend special classes at the Training College m J nnuaryj-F obruar^-',. The secretary of the Matiere Schoo. Committee notified' that the foliowing bad been elected members; Messrs Charles Ralph (chairman), R. Degon, H. Christie, T. Dennison, W. R-. Alexander (secretary). 3ir F. J. May, Stratford, reported that Ids price for proposed extensions at Fukengahn School would he about. x-130. It was decided that the overseer be instructed to endeavour to hold the matter over until - the chairman s visit to Wellington-; The following matters were referred to the overseer :— Pungarehii, supply hyloplate for infant room; Norfolk, intend to shelter shod, windows iu school; Toko, partition in infant room, and extra door,-also attend >o painting; Ratapiko, painting inside oi school. The truant inspector (Mr H. I . Ainsworth) reported that since lasc meeting of the hoard lie had visited 21 sclibols. He found the attendance at these schools excellent, with one exception, Tarnrntangi, and lie took the opportunity of addressing the ebuaren and warning them that there must be an improvement in the attendance in the future. In all other schools good reasons were given for non-at-tendance, sickness Igeiiig the canke m notices ti, WptefllP 33 <*>**" who 1 1 ad 'Henu 7 'soiAe\\iiat irregular in "" ’ A' Hf.it .inmnfri ••• •■ t mD attendance