Martinborough.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1688, 13 April 1885, Page 2

Martinborough.

The animal pionio to the children attending the public school took place on Easter Monday. They all assembled at the school at 9 o’clock and were driven from there in conveyances kindly supplied by Mr Pain and Mr E. E. Harris, to the blue gums near the Dip Flat, where a suitable course was measured out and a number of races were got off for the juveniles, for prizes of all sorts. The customary refreshments were provided by the parents and other visitors, and everyone appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The success of the gathering may be attributed in a groat measure to Mr Badland and Sir G. Harris, owiag to the energetic manner in which they arranged matters. In the evening there was a dance, when those who were fond of the amusement danced to the strains of music supplied by the local band. On Saturday evening last the school committee met. Present—Messrs G. Harris (in the chair), J. McLeod, John Hodge, E. R. Harris and W. Boyd. The chairman reported receipts in aid of school treat to be £4 2s 6d, being a trifle more than the expenditure for the same. It having been resolved last year to give prizes to the children lor best attendance during the year, the committee decided to give a suitable prize in each standard. At the annual examination by Mr Lee, four of the pupils in Standards I and II were presented, all of whom passed; In Standard 111 eight were presented and seven passed; in Standard IV five were presented and four passed, and in Standard V there were three presented and two passed. This is 87J per cent of those presented, and speaks well for the ability of Mr Badland as teacher. The average attendance during the last quarter was 42, which shows the teacher is now entitled to the assistance of a pupil teacher.