FINANCE COMMITTEE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13483, 24 July 1907, Page 3

FINANCE COMMITTEE.

The Finance Committee recommended that the Stanley Road Committee should be informed that the Board would provide funds for half the material for a j iew cross fence between the school giounds ai\d the residence, the committee to find the labour, and Mr Jago to be requested to meet the remaining cost. The provision of blinds for tho schools had been referred to the Chief Inspector. It was recommended that ar tho Kaiauai CJotamittee's request » rew range should be supplied on condition that the teacher or committee should pay for the fixing ; also that the Kaiauai Committee should be informed that the Boird was awaiting an answer ( from the Department to applications made for bathrooms; that the Board should provide materials for a post-and- '' wire fence provided the committee found the labour for the erection ; and that the committee should be asked to ' plant a live hedge -ajong the fence, the ' Board undertaking' to , supply l tho plants. In answer to the Ngaife Committee's request for plants, the committee i ecom mended the Board to supply 350 olearia plants and 200 barbary plants for the horse paddock fence. Tt ' was also recommended that the old resi- ■ dence at Opunake ghould be handeJ ever to the committed for storing agricultural implements tuaed in connection ( with the school garden, and as a playroom for the boys. ; Probably at some future time one of the rooms would be found suitable for ttie holding of tech- i iical classes. ',: The report was adopted. MANUAL AND TECHNICAL. Mr "W. A. Ballantine, Director of Technical Education^ reported that since last meeting tb^following amounts l.ad come to hand frpfn the Department — £100 progress payment on Stratford woodwork room, £1100 final payment on the New Plymouth Technical School luilding. With the Jph airman's approval he wrote to Miss Rhodes, of tho Elam School of Art, Auckland, appointing her art instructor at the Technical School. Miss Rhode* was an artist of exceptional attainments, and w.is strongly recommended by Mr E. C. Isaac, Inspector of Technical Education. The second terpi of the technical v classes commenced <fh the 15th inst.. \ and tho attendance >at the majority .if „ ' the classes was satisfactory. v The teach- '. era' Saturday classes, would re-open an Stratford and New Plymouth on Ang 3id. Arrangements nad been made with Mi* Morrison, the Board's instructor, to , conduct classes in practical agriculture '. at New Plymouth and Stratford on al- i ternate Saturdays. As a start was lo ho made in New Plymouth on August 10th, he would like\to;see an early start ' made with the fenoing of the agricultural plot. Mr Tisch proposed the adoption of " the report. He said 'excellent work Mas , 1 eing done at tlip woodwork room, a number of benches and other tiling having been made, which would all save the Board considerable expense. TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT. The Truant Officer (Mr A. Hookor) piesented a report dealing with thy work carried out u rider the School At- * tendance Act for the quarter ending June 30th. He had visited thirty-three of the Board's schools and seven private schools. He had posted sixty-one notices, one of which was returned, and he had personally called oil a number of parents and pointed out the risks of not sending their children regularly. During the quarter he had had Court cases at Stratford, Inglewood, and NewPlymouth. In all forty-eight parents were summoned, and fifty-seven informations heard. Forty-six convictions were recorded and eleven charges withdrawn or dismissed. The fines amounted to £5 7s 6d. An epidemic of sickness bad occurred throughout the district during the past quarter, more particularly around the mountain, several schools having been closed through v. 111 1 oop i ng-cougli . The report was received.

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