SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION

Taranaki Daily News, 6 November 1930, Page 10

SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION

USED ELTHAM MANUAL ROOM.

explanation by headmaster.

A review of the accommodation and the method adopted to avoid over-crowd-ing at the Eltham school was given by the headmaster, Mr. R. E. Thomas, at a meeting of the committee on Tuesday. Mr. Thomas had received a letter from the Education Board requesting particulars of the accommodation and an explanation why it was necessary to make psa of a room in the manual training building in view of the fact that with a staff of nine assistants there were available nine rooms in.the primary school.

Mr. Thomas said he had replied giving particulars of the rooms with roll number and floor space, and had advised that there was every probability ot an increase in the attendance at the- infant school before the end of the term. Each of the nine assistants had over 40-pupils (three of them had over 50). That necessitated an additional standard taught by the headmaster with the aid of a probationer. As it was impossible to accommodate another class of 54 pupils (standard 2) in these rooms, the room in the manual school was used. No other use had been made of the room for seven years. If the use of this building for primary school purposes was dis--continued another class room would be required attached to either the infant or the main school. The inspectors approved the use of the room and had recommended that it be made into a modern class room. N® inconvenience was caused to the manual classes in the adjoining rooms. There were 444 children for ten rooms.

The chairman said there was no question that the room at the manual building was required to prevent overcrowding in the class rooms.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR SHOW.

The following steward? were appointed at a meeting of the executive of the Stratford A. and P. Association on Tuesday night: Ayrshire, Mr. M. Gernhoefer; Shorthorn, Mr. C. R. Finnerty; grade and dairy cattle, Mr. H. Hunt; grandstand chairman, Mr. Blizzard; gates, Messrs. C. Moore, R. V. Kay and W. Pettigrew. It was decided that the school cattle section and all calf classes should be judged on the second day. Mr. E. Bayly, chairman of the farm committee, submitted a satisfatcory report. Everything was reported in order by the chairman of the pig, cattle and home industries sections and the luncheon rooms. Reports have still to come forward regarding the sheep section, kiosk,■ gates and traffic and amusements, These will be available at- a meeting to be held next Thursday. It was decided that the Boys’ Band be engaged to play at the show. It was reported that the Railway Department was running the same service as last year, with excursion fares. The following new members were elected: J. Jackson (Tariki), J. Hucker (Tariki), M. J. Cassidy, C. F. Young, W. Thomason, J. W.- Townend (Mangatoki), G. Lobb, J.'L. Corbett (Huinga). The offer of Mr. G. Smart to supply free hot water by means of his chipheaters was accepted.

MIDHIRST NEWS.

A deputation of residents waited on the Midhirst school committee on Friday regarding tennis. After discussion it was decided that the committee allow playing on the school court. A tennis committee has been formed. Mrs. J. Schumaker is president and Miss Griffins secretary. Mrs. Schumaker has power to elect other members of the committee as she choses. The court is being repaired. Membership fees and other business will be decided at a later meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Markby, Auckland, have been, the guests of Mrs. A. Guthrie. Mrs. V. Shearson, Taihape, has been staying with her mother Mrs. G, Smith. Mr. Les Vickers is a patient in a private hospital at Stratford. Miss B. Hunt, Radnor Road, fell on a piece of iron and gashed her knee, the cut necessitating stitching. Mrs. A. Guthrie was'hostess on Tuesday at an afternoon. Those present were Messrs. Symonds, Smith, V. Carroll, Anderson and C. Carroll and Miss P. Blick.

Mrs. G. Smith left for a few days holiday in New Plymouth yesterday. Mr. R. Hogg, of the Midhirst Dairy Company’® office, has been indisposed for some time.

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. W. G. Riddell, formerly of the magisterial bench, left Stratford for Wellington yesterday after being engaged in arbitration proceedings on renewal of leases of Education reserves in the Stratford district.

KING’S THEATRE PROGRAMME.

“THE VAGABOND KING.”

“The Vagabond King.” being shown at the King’s Theatre, is all in technicolour. There are 55 gorgeous. settings. The picture is from a best-selling romantic novel, “If I Were King,” by Justin Orluntly’ McCarthy, which became the. highly successful Broadway operetta, “The Vagabond King” by William H. Post, Brian Hooker and .Rudolph Firml. It is now enlarged and magnified into filmdom's most pretentious reproduction of a. stage musical success. The stage production played. 90 weeks in New York, then was seen and heard by thousands on its tour to Chicago and Philadelphia. Dennis King, who-.crcated the role in the original singe operetta, “The Vagabond King,” plays the same role with the same dynamic spirit and gusto, in the all-colour screen version. The two major song hits of the show arc “The Song of the Vagabonds” ami “Only a Rose.” A chorus of 500 voices supports Dennis iKng when he sings “The Song of the Vagabonds” in the picture. Jeanette MacDonald has the leading femiliine role.