SOUTHLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Western Star, Issue 1387, 7 September 1889, Page 3

SOUTHLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The monthly meeting was held yesterday. IYc are indebted to the "Ssuthlarid News for a report' of the’ proceedihg?. • ' It was reported that Miss J. Fu]lartori had been appointed pupil teacher at Riverton. —In the case of Riverton the committee was informed that their average attendance did not entitle them to the service of a school mistross as asked for, —The tender of J. P. Peterson, £7l 10s, had been accepted for teacher’s residence at. North Wairio. —It was announced that, with the view of enlarging the playground at Otautan, it had been arranged to exchange section 13 for section 2G and 27, block I.—-The application for half cost of a shelter shed at Ora Id was granted. On the recommendation of the In-; spector tho following list ol hooks, for use in the public schools was-adopted : —Reading: Chatnhord Graduated Readers; .Grammar: .Mason’s First notion’s of English Grammar; Ms so p’s Derivation; and Mason’s' .'Analysis. New Zealand Geography and Petrie’s; First Geography. History—"Blackwood’s Short Stories from English History and R. S, Gardner’s Outlines of English History. Arithmetic Nelson’s B Series ; ‘and, Goyeri’s : tett hooks. Writing—Yere Foster’s copy hooks; Ward, Lock and Co.’s hooks; and Whitccombe; Tombs and Cn.’s books. Drawing—Any of tha'approved se|s< may housed... It. was added that at the discretion of the School ;Committees and teachers, Dr Richardson’s Temperance Lesson Rook : might-be used ns a special reader—but not instead of any of the books on the above list. ■ A deputation consisting of Messrs J. J. Newton, James, Flynn, and S. James, from Wrey’s Bush was introduced by Mr Newton explained that their object in appearing before’the Board was to ascertain if anything’ could be, done to rectify a hardship under which the local.teacher w as labouring. When appointed lie ■was led to understand by the advertise-1

m ent that, his salary yvonlrl he at the rate of .-£132 per annum, but for the last month his voucher amounted to onlv £4 1.95. a sum. that wag not sufficient to maintain himself and family '."decently. The teacher -was much reh ppected, and-gave Ireneral satisfaction, the attendance havin'? gone un largely since he had been there. Tie was ? being paid, however, on the previous quarter’s average attendance,/when there was a serious felling off, the T ,school heiny '.under, a temponrv teacher. Members generally agreed that nothin? 'could ho done by the Board ' and it was resolved, on ,the ' 'motion of Mr 'Froyeatt, to inform the teacher “That the Board regrets (hat it has no funds to meet his request, and that he he •informed that if the present attendance, stated by ' the deputation, is. maintained he will next quarter receive more titan the advertised. salary.” The following school examination * results were reported by the Inspector; ' Moashurn. Miss Isabella Dryhnrgh. passes, 43; failures. 0: Longridge Horthi Mr .1. ; G-. Fidlnrton. 61-5 : s Wnimatukr, Mr T). Melvor./,h>. 43-35: Otaut.au, Mr A. ■Wylie; 50-7.