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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 23 April 1927, Page 1

NOTICES AND AMUSEMENTS. THE EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY. ELECION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

JHE Board in pursuance of the power conferred by the “Education Act, 1914,” hereby directs that a PUBLIC MEETING OF HOUSEHOLDERS be held in each SCHOOL DISTRICT in the Canterbury Education District on MONDAY, May 2nd; at Half-past Seven O'Clock in the evening, for the Election of a Schoo] Committee for each District. Where the Yearly Average Attendance at the School or Schools in the School District for the year ending December 31st, 1926, has not exceeded One Hundred Children, the number of Members of the School Com.miltee shall be FIVE; where such atendanee is over One Hundred and not over Two Hundred, the number of Members shall be SEVEN and where such attendance is over Two Hundred, the number of Members shall be NINE. The place' of Meeting shall be the School in each District, and this is understood to mean the Main School in any District which has more than one School. The Board further directs that the First Meeting of each School Committee be held in the place appoint- . .1 for the Election and immediately after the Election. The Board further calls upon the Householders in each District to SEND IN to the Chairman of the Schoo] Committee (or the Commissioner, as the ease may be), in writing on or before MONDAY, 25th. April, not later than 8 p.m., the NAMES OF PERSONS, being house-

holders, NOMINATED by them to serve upon the Committee. Such nominations must be signed by the Proposer and by the Candidate, and must be in the form set forth in the Third Schedule to the Act, or to the effect thereof. In addition to such

nominations, in School Districts in which the average attendance for the year 1926 did NOT exceed 240, any Householder present at the Annual Meeting may nominate any Householder who consents by word of mouth or in writing to be nominated. (In the case of School Districts in which the average attendance for the year 1926 exceeded 240 the Act does NOT provide for the acceptance of verbal nominations). Under the provisions of the Education Amendment Act, 1919, a per ent or guardian who has a child attending the School is now eligible for election on the Committee, irrespective of his place of residence. CHAS. KIRK, Secretary. Education Office, Christchurch, March 31st., 1927.

ARNO MINIATURE RIFLE CLUB. CONCERT & DANCE in aid of the Rifle Club funds, will be held, in the Arno Soldiers’ Memorial Ha'S on THURSDAY, MAY sth., at 8 p.m. Tickets 2/6. Supper Provided. E. TAVENDALE, Hon. See. SOUTH ISLAND FREEZING COMPANIES’ ASSOCIATION. TO OWNERS AND CONSIGNORS OF STOCK FOR SLAUGHTER. pIE number of Ram Lambs forwarded for slaughter in some districts has increased to such an extent that the standard of South Island Grading is liable to be seriously ' affected.

NOTICE is therefore given that Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago and Southland Freezing Companies have

decided that in future ALL RAM LAMBS sent in for slaughter WILL BE REJECTED ALIVE.

For and on behalf of, THE SOUTH ISLAND FREEZING COMPACTS’ ASSOCIATION, C. G. WILKIN, Secretary.