MARANUI SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 7

MARANUI SCHOOL.

FIRST COJOIinUB MOTION. Householders of . the . I sohool district of Maranm mustered in. large ! numbers at the,Maramn School last evening, - Tbb: apathy which; characterises the ; ipf. - : co)nnittee; elections ..was qertainly; not:'a.,'feature'.of ithpMaramuSohool Committee .tion,':for upwards of- oiip: ihuftdred - and, tlfty | people" attended, filling the largestiolaap-room and overflowing.' into; the- corridors, : The majority of ; those' present were: eleptors, b>lt; -.tlißje;:'wer6'.a {ew.^: interested ;speetator{> from: the older district. -Tho now district is divided from the North Kilbirnie 6chpol d!atript by a lino from thp Ckmstahlo Street c«t'.ting straight down Henry Streot steps to ;ho 1 sea, apd thus inpludes the whole of South Kilbimie and-tho farther-suburb of Maraimi. ' Tlio- proceedings ■ throughout, were marked : ■by.'.piitliupiastie interest and gppd fueling, aiT : though'at ,the; outset thpro was preeptiblo the' a Spirit :pf. rivalry between Spfttlrltilbirpio and Maranui; as 'subsequent:, events proved,-- ; cured / a proportipnah represeptatipiii,on the ppmmittep, - : l ; At the request of the' Edn'cation ■ Mr, -.H.-.-A,. HugginSi. pf - ther,North ■Kilbimie: School Committee, for-the 'ipurppse of ~dotailing ' the 'for such elections, and was voted to .the chair. Ho outlined thp history, of tlio . agitation 'which had been initiatwl throe years ago for the establishment .of the new sohool, and conIgratulatodiihosoipresent oh - the .successful . culmination of. their, effprts,'*i■ -.'v i i-'" i -'!y ■' : ' 1 Fourteen' persons were then nominated 'for '.to ,the , ,-.cpmmitty>,; ; and -ras ;the 'quiied'sumber/wns seven, a hallot ,was.tftjsen,resulting as follows:—■

6. E. Smith 89 H, lamherg , ... 67 W. H. Morrah 65 S, WiUl&mfi .f 65 J. Dillon ~. 63 A. J. Ibbetcon 63 J. W. Eas?on ... " 60 The ahpWwerO'deolared duty elected. The other nominations . wereA. A- v Gcllatloy, -54: A'. B. Glater; 48; -J; P. Froude, 36 j J, W. Harrisqp, 32 i W./ Robertson, 32; 1 M. BuHiQi 21; St. G. -Dowsing,-, 15. : Maranui seciired thro? representatives and South Kilbirnie four; : At a..meetijic of the noiv pom-, mittee subsequently, Mr,. W, H. Morrah was elected ohairman, - and Mr,, J. Dillon - scored tary, The of the Edupation Board with regard to. the- appointments. of tho fnomberß of tho new,teaching: staff will bo; considered at ft spepiaj meeting 'to bo held on Monday next. •■•••.'.The.' new schopl js, a handspme huilding, erected 111 wood-, op. a concrete foundation; a wide, corridor runs thp whole length of .the sohpol.Vahd a' feature 'pf(the .structural plan is the provision of separate; cloak rooms, . with wash-basins, for. the; boys and girls, thus doing away tvith tile, pld idea of hanging coats and hats in tho corridors. All the class-rooms are fitted with hylo-plate black' ■boards: aud.recess cupboards. ; '■;