WEST END BALL PROFIT

Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1934, Page 3

WEST END BALL PROFIT

SCHOOL ATTENDANCES LOW. NO RIGHT TO CROSS GROUNDS. Receipts totalling £l5 2s 3d from the West End School ball and a balance over expenses of £6 2s 6d were reported to the monthly meeting of the school committee last night. The committee authorised the expenditure of £4 of the balance on the purchase of handwork material for the primer classes. Because there had been so much sickness he had asked the Education Board not to reckon the last term in the year’s average for grading, reported the headmaster (Mr. W. A. Brown). The precent term opened with still much sickness in the lower classes, the average attendance being only 87 per cent, of the roll. In primer 3 the attendance was 57 per cent, of the roll, in primer 1 61 per cent, and in standard 1 77 per cent. Most of the children were present in the classes above. Mr. A. A. Ross had succeeded Mr.' A. H. Gorringe in. charge of standard- 5. ■ Miss Valentine was at present inspecting the work of the special class.

Four cricket bats and some practice balls will be purchased on the recommendation of the headmaster. Answering a question by the committee, the Education Board advised that it was clear that no persons had or could by continuing the practice of crossmg the school grounds acquire any legal right for so doing. Having regard to the board’s title, a right could not in future be acquired by prescription. The school site was held under a Land Transfer title, and the user could confer no right, or easement over the land so held, except, of course, by special registered document. ,

The chairman and Mr. Jones were appointed to visit the class at the hospital conducted by Miss Horrax. Messrs. Abram and Jury were appointed a visiting committee. Present at the meeting were Messrs C. O. Berg (chairman), W. H. Jones, F. Hooker, E. V. Tingey, F. Brunton, F. May, S. Jury and H. J. Abram (honorary secretary).

SCOUTS AND CUBS GROUP.

REORGANISATION OF CONTROL.

The reorganisation of the control of the West End school Scouts and Cubs was agreed upon. Mr. F. May was appointed Group-Scoutmaster, Captain H. L. Hay Scoutmaster, and Messrs. D. Hedges (who resigned the position of Scoutmaster) and N. Watson were appointed assistant Scoutmasters. When making this decision the school committee, constituting itself a group Scout committee was joined by Mesdames Davis, Malcolm and Hoben. Dr. D. E. Brown (District Scout Commissioner) and Majoi- A. F. Sandford (District Scoutmaster) were present. Dr. Brown explained the object of the movement and its development at New Plymouth. He recalled the strong troop of about 60 at West End some years ago under the supervision of Mr. King, a school teacher. The commissioner traversed the duties of committees and the mode of appointing scoutmasters. Major Sandford explained the obligation of the committee as a group scout committee to appoint a Group-Scout-master.

An average attendance of 10 at parades was reported by Miss Carter (assistant cubmistress). Two of the boys had obtained their house orderly bad>-, she said.

Scoutmaster Hedges parades of Scouts since the last meeting. The average attendance was 15 out of a roll of 16. No parades had been held during the school holidays. Mesdames Malcolm and Hoben were appointed a visiting committee for the Cubs and Messrs E. V. Tingey, W. A. Brown, F. Hooker and F. Brunton a visiting committee for the Scouts.