SCHOOL ELECTIONS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 492, 27 April 1909, Page 9

SCHOOL ELECTIONS.

: v., :• v; : HOUSEHOLDERS' ANNUAL MEETINGS. PROCEEDINGS GENERALLY QUIET. ~ ,; ' ; Last'evening, householders in tho various .' -.. Bchool districts , assambletl iir -tho respective ■•. . schools for the purposo of hearing thd-'an-nual ireportj of 't-he retirins school- !■ . '.1063, .and electing fresh repr«sentatiircs ''for .vs.: tho ,ensuing year. Generally speaking, ,'the ': proceedings wore fairly quiet, in; marked ; contrast to .the elections of. last year,' -vhero, ; ; -in somo scliobr districts, .feeling ran' very high.over the l!ib!e-in-:chooIs question; The V ' - subsidence of the otrifo, during the year was, ' ; no doubt responsible'for the fact' that less interest was taken in the elections last cven- . ing,'although, the attendances, .particularly ;; V:;; :iV; in/^hei;largef : distiniitly; bet-; ter. than those. experienced in the pre-1908 years. ■So .far,': the following reports-: have como to hand: — ; MOUNT COOK SCHOOL. . Tlio. annual meeting of the • householders of tho .Stount Cook district was attended'by a large' gathering,, there being ■v over 160 present. - Mr. H. o'._ Hewitc, chair l 1 :man 1 of : '.th& .outgoing 'committeo, :pre3ide'd. : V Tho Annual report of tho outgoing commit-.-J:^-t-ee'traversed;, with able -detail,; the contlitiori (if the; threo; school .'building's—-the-Infants!; Girls',valid Boys' Sohools—m coni .-;.-;..;:;.';- ; ii&tioh;Trith',which'.Minplaint'' ; ,-; corning-the delay which had been .experi-; :, cnced with regarcf/t-o tho repairs , and general : improvements.: which t-ho; Education Board .-': i undertaken to carry out. Tho hopo.was '""'W' ,l??SJsed-.that.the the ~"i iiii/thised. scheme .of jmprovemsnts,and that -substantial evidence"of; progress 'in that;di-; reotion, would soon be-apparent. Tho amount • . available out, of the capitation grant, it was :: v/as. not . nearly commensurate • , . with the needs'of the three, schools, in their • •:;;■ present state of' disrepair, tho; opinion- being expressed that the grant should be' increased- in view of the special needs'of the i ; The ,;rcceipts : for - th©;: year'totalled £232 75.,- and the expenditure £232 ,Bs. od. -• * Tho report,was adopted. For'the.now committeo (nine imembcrs) .'.there 1 were -.twentj'i two nominations, land'tho election resulted . : as'.'follows T. .S.' jLamb'ert.' TV. ' A;; ' Worth,'J. Danks, J. F. Kuch," T. M. i ; Murphy, R. W. Burbidgo; J. H. Hcllitfell, ; : R.:Simpson, and.A.' J. Rand. Messrs.,T. S. ' Lambert and T. ,M. Murphy wcro : afteri. wards ; appointed chairman and secretary, re-' . -;'spcctively, of tho new committee. ;;vv•' it ARO SCHOOL. < '■ .; .; , Tlin meeting of tho committee of.tho- To -Aro' 1 School ;wa3' : presided Mr..: : : TVm. ; Allan! The annual report stated that tlio attendance at tho school had fallen, off .by 40; probably as tho result of tho improved : tram . -.eervices to the suburbs. . In sports the achool hnd done .well; winning the' football cham- • pionship, and, coming second in the tennis ! 'tpurnainent, and third in t-ho cricket compe- 1 ; tition. Tho result of tiio decreaso in the at- : : Vtendanco had been t-hqt the staff 'had been cut '.: down. The commit-too placcd on record that with availablo funds it--was,a difficult-,matter - to meet pveii current expenses.. . • . Tfio report •of tho Inspector .showed the •' school to be in. pood" order, and. doing :good .:;.:'" work. Thrcy scholarships' were ■ gained, - t-ho ' winners"ibeiim Dorothy-'-Mainlandj • Leslie -Rob-; i . inson,. arid Irene 31'Harrie. Dorothy Mainland for 'thb year, and" received tho I dux,: tne'dal. A medical examination-of '• the children-,was -made:in' December, but no report, had-:so far-como-to -hand;';, In-this conncction -.the headmaster considered that /it .-.'would be of.great assistanco : to him if a medi- ; ■ ' : cal officer .wero chosen by 'the ;.bbard to-whom-he could go\ for advice concerning " ' children , whoso' sight, -hearing, or general condition of health did not sebm satisfactory. In conclu- -, sion the .committee'expressed tho-hopo that - - . vduring /ilie - 'year -.tlip 'board will -do / certain necessary work, sitdh. as renovating..the; interior audi.asphalting tho infants' playr , ground. . . ;-,'r: v ;" h' : 'uu , .Tho :,bUance-shpet showed ittat .the, receipts - during - the. year-were £135, ; ; and; the expendi-' 5 turo £123 ls. ilOd., leaving-a balance of £11 18s. 2d. - i , ■ : '■■ • _ Some:UjMti^on;J^feplaceibii^^ tion the.'boundaries of . the district, which ; J-ljeration debarred certain old ;cbmmitteemeh from election;, Mr. Miller moved in this con- , , nection that tho notice of. the . Education -..Board bo.drawn,'to the fact,that the boiindar:the' To Aro educational district: leave " '• put--a,-considerable area which . it is consid- ■ bo ;in, 'it, - »and that tho Education Board bo ,'a'pproached and asked' to alter the-boundaries'of the district. - Hr. Churchward,-who. seconded the mo- •' / . ™9 u v said that ho. had - bebrion : the commit- . . teo Tor sorao. time/ and he children'- nttendmg .tho. Tnaia and infant - schooh, but- ' - hy. 'the. alteratiori ; of:-th'e;- boundaries he could .. .. ,not,.';-if ; -hei.:wished; to :'d0..;50,!/stand for the committee. .-/T-.-r; 1 -'"--,fr-■ f ' , The i^6tiqn;.oti-;being-. : -p'ut?' i io''tiiV:ineetijiß ! w.. v was carried. • !. :--,v:v.:-: v :'v.v' < 'fhe °l.ection'of committeo resulted os follows: Dr. M Kenzio, Dr. M'Gavin, Messrs. L. M'Kenzib, TV. Macklin, TV. Jennings, ■ A, ' - ' Itlllcr ' 1 etllcncI N Slatbr a and TV. • - , . % ....... terrace school. .■>: Fourteen people noio present at tlio -Tor- , raco - School last night when tho. outgoing ; committee presented .its report,vand. tho new committee ; was appointed. .As the number. , . °t:.Boiiiinatibns. did-not-exceed the number re''fvSre.Was;'no':blectjon.V Two membefs- , otthe old committee, Mescrs. Bold and TVeb-' Bte ri >had"retired, and' Messrs. Johnston and : • lAoyil. '.vere_ nominated in their- place. The , -:thecommitteo - therefore::are:-. - ivev. TV. J Comrie,' Rov. Van Staveren, Messrs. T TVaid, S. Jtjors, P. Galvin, a! Johnston. J. J .Mallard, J. A. Thomson, and ' tVi • • i i'■ '• :sM«on the meeting of house- ,.; .solders had concluded, iho Rev. TV. J. Com- . rie. was re-elccted; chairman of the' . ;mittce:.for ,tho:;coming,.year,;and Mr.' Gold reappointed, secretary. Tho report:: prc- ,-;; sented by the ..committee for tho . past year ' - showed .that, at the examinations held: in D'e- . . ceinbor- last, . tho ; school was .successful : in /se-. cllr:n -r seven oout v of,; thirty scholarships, „ ; awarded by. the Iward, and that tho Rhodes' Scholarship for 190 D was awarded to an old . Terrac o '-.School boy, Mr., Alan M'Dougall. ; floras if : vbta'of -t;hanlk.:to' . tho staff, said a few words of appreciation 5- p/-).™®-'.SP.°dv>vork.,done.;'iiy-.-tlib'-' school' diirin<» . i '-.Jhe past the school-has ceiised : ' -: be _a:District High.;. School, arid had; rore/.lost'a number of' pupils,.' the-vacancies :were rapicHy.being-filled;;;:Mr= :Vah.Staveren: . ,; w seconded tho ,-tote; of -M'Morrari' ; Sj/'responded on behalf of the staff. T '• :■ CLYDE QUAY. : Tho report of tho. headmaster of : tho Clydo' 9 u:l >'- Sehool statnd that tho attsndanco durj m.g 100S-9 ,roso. to 657, which: entitled • the • to anotiier assistant,' and Miss.Stanton :('?W;of. Daleiield) -ha<l;.been;:appointed to;the ! .position. . Tii-; the . annual - competition ior National and .Education ;:Board .Scholarships, r ; . . . sis (pupils werfe: successful --^National: .-Donald: .. . V. Smith : Boaj'di-E. K. Rishworth. MargaretA. Dow-all, David Perry," Doris Skinner, and .- j vo "t. i Scrim£eour.:;'Last seasbn SO boys,were. taugnt; to ;swim, ;ahd for; t-ho-fourth vear": in; ■ succession :.tlio : . ; sehobl. -had won tho Dutjiio L-upi- > the school.champbiiship.had;been, won' ;! .®-7 .^^".^phmsbiij,v&reat'iiiterpst-.had beeli '- -:. j S P} a Wd. :in - teiinis, and.:,tho ;;chaffipibriship':: • T.V' 0 sphool had. beenVw<?h by Jean - Moran,''i * the committee, elected. were:—Messrs/:!).'. 1 Rouertion (chairman), TV. J. ' Gaudin Ar^T 1 T E, ■ Hurlcstono, "D, M Lean, J. Russell, and G. Wilson. SOUTH WELLINGTON, .. . Thoro was a ,fairly large -attendance at.thb mnuaLmceting.of.householders -in. connection ■ ■>;}th;..-Sonth.-.'TyelhiJetpu''-';Schooi/'::-':-Mr. : -':lS'-.. ;■; Vaughaii jiresided. • • : .': "' 'It was' stated in the. annual, report'.that j Bomb ..additions'to; the staff had been made ; duringvtho ,yqar -owing, to,, an: amendment of i ' thn."Educatioii:, Act. The'''stalling now was morb liberal '.than, hitherto, but*, it- would be '. fair to str.fi' on the roll, number instead of V . on fne . average atteridahce; .' which vis - the ; " : ■prnctfce-.'ht pre,srtit.' The roll number for,the : fchool at the end of-the March quarter stood , at- .842,; ; whilst.'-tlin averageatteiidanco . for - tho same period was 788, or 03 per cent. Goad as that .was, it meant that nearly GO pupils were, on the' average, absent every

day. .'i'lio balance-sheet showed a credit of .£37 odd. lioth the report and balance-sheet wero approved. Tho ballot for positions oil the School Coin'mittea resulted;:,'Georgo ICoy 36 votes. Alfred Cobber 34, Archibald TVhitelaw, George Lynn, Chas. Orr, and TVm. Mounter 31, Wilfrid .Higginbottom',.29, Thos. BylsK, 27, TV. Miller 26, TV. A. Brown 22, and Jas. Rapley 19. The' first nino were, duly: declared_ elected.. :■ It .waai' resolrod, on the .motion of: Mr. Whitelaw, that tho meeting recommends the incoming; .committeo to do : all ■ in 'its power ;to; uphold th? actibn q&tbtfHeadniastbrs'; Association; in their endeavour to bring about a .reasonable. Bystom in'.-.regard. to tho calling out of tho various cadet corps in connection with public ceremonies. : _ ; On tho motion of Mr. Bobbins it was agrffod to convey to' the headmaster and his ■'staff ths' householders' thanks for the efficient <raann<ir. in' which the; school had been conducted during ' the past year. ' ' PETONE SCHOOL. ft .The. householders' mceting !for the election of I'etono School-Committee: was held last evening. . Mr. W. Hill was chairman. In the . annual report tho committeo congratulated, tho; headmaster. (Mr.' Home) and tho on- the: excellent' progress made' during' tho. year. . The new western ■- school would bo' ready for occupation shortly; Mr. I.M'Konsie(chairman) had ' been largely responsible for pushing this worlv ahead. Tho ■'committee"had asked the Education Board to establish a high school 'proper in I'etono, 'but their request had-been refuged. The committee hold that the land owned by the Boys' Brigade'should be handed over to be used as a -site -"for.- school, swimming baths. The bal-ance-slieetj' showed a credit of £12 10s. Bd.. as against £7 Cs. Id. last year. ■'r, Tho_ following are the : members of the new committee 'of tho I'etono School:—Messrs. D. M'Kenzio (chairman, re-elected), J. .TV. List (secretary, re-electcd), TV; C. Burd, TV. Hill,:J. Abrah.-Jl, P. E. Cairns, J. M'Dougall, arid Revs. J. D. Russell.and A. Thomson. . A (motion by the Rev. A.; Thomson, protesting against the action of tho Education Board in' refusing, to . establish a high school at Petono, was carried unanimously. ; : ..-' LOWER HUTT SCHOOL. - -v, ■ A meeting of householders of the Lower Hutfc School district /.was, held in-tho school- 1 room-, last YbVening. , Mr., ,T. H. TVilson, chairman, of tlio school committee, presided. There was a. crowded attendanco. The report alid balance-sheet .were passed without ■discussion. . . ■■ It 'was ..Understood .thatthe : south end people were mainly interested in the return or otherwise of tho lady members, and that the chief jCo'nesrn of -tha north end residents wa3 to return members favo.uiablo to ' a north end school. ; The. following;' candidates were. elected A. Macaskill, 114 votes; T. H. TVilson,; 108; TV. Barlow, 100;. TV. Hondry, 91; A. TVebloy, 82; E. P. Rishworth, 76; 'H. Baldwin, 73; J. o. :Anson, .'6B; T. Shiel, 03. KILBIRNIE. v.." The annual report of tho committee stated "that the opening of the new. school at Maranui, ;the rpll strength of which was nov '250, : ■had only affected tho parent school (Kiibifnie North) -by about 100,' .The finances :1 were ,healthy,",a credit-balance : pf £14'7s. 6d. being carried forward. Tho election resulted as •follows. ;■■'/-;■ v :. " Messrs. P. M. Martin (chairman), Goo. HollicLay (secretary), T. E/Bennett, J. Lamberg, TV. .Atkinson, F. Harnett,.'J. TVood, and TV. D. -Banckhani. • Mr. Huggins, who occupied tho chair, declined; 'nomination','.after, several' years of..good service. • :■'■(,'- ■, KARORI. , : . Tho annual report of the Karori School was of a, .very ; The' total- re-' eeipts from .'the two concert performances amounted to .£l9 14s. On tho rolls of the school 'there are 112 boys and 117 girls,, total 229j. Tho averago for the'last quarter -was 202., v " '~ f ' ■ Tlis • following committee- was elected :— ■Messrs.isF. J. Lisaington (chairman), E. Simley (sMretary'and treasurer),' B.' G. H, Burn, Hi Bradnock, E. Spiers, TV. Monaghan, aud J. A. Frost. ' - MARANUI. ::..,-'niO 'followiug.|s the newly-elected. Maranui School Committee:—Messrs. TV. H. Morrah (chairman),.TV.; L. Robertson (secretary), A. B. -Clator, S. C. Lambert, 'J, TV. Harrison, A. J. Ibbetson. E. J.;Frew, and J. TV. Easson.. '• MITCHELLTOWN. The following is the newly-elected Mitchell-; town School Messrs. P.' Carmpcly :'(chairhian)i V.- Ridley, (secretary), A. French, T. Dnrroll, P. Macarthy, I. Tooloy, and J. Handcoek.' ■ ' , ! ' ISLAND .BAY, vTTlie following 'committeo was! elected at Istand Bay,:—Messrs.. H; Ivory, (ehnirman)j A. Wells (secjrotary), TV. Ferkins, J. H. Harper, S. B. Rilstono, J. Shoreland. A.- ! Manhire, and J. Mills. ■ . JOHNSOMVILLc. , The following were elected to the : Joiinsonville. School' Committee j—Chairman, -Mr. Robert Bould; secretary, Mr.' F..T. Mooro; . committee, .the 1 ;-Rev.'- C.:' Baton," Messrs; T.' TV. Kirk, T. ?. Jackson, S. M.';M'Vicar, Alfred: Mills,' Robert; Hogg, and A. M'Mahon., A 'heai-tjv.votevof : ,tjiaiiks ,was,.unanimously, acecrded the retiring chairman, tho 'Rev. J.: Vospar, who is -leaving.the district. ROSENEATH. -The Soseneath: election;-resulted "as follows :—Chairman, Mr. -J, ; Smith; secretary,. Mr. A;'E. committee, Messrs.: A: B. Gray, T. Taylor, T. Watt, A. TV. Burgoss, and TV. Brook-Taylor. . A : vote, of : t"hsnkS was accordcd tho headmaster : - and staff for their'.work during the year. . Good work, has - been - done. by. the . retiring ,com-.mitfcee,-:which, with t-hn assistance of 'the Education Board, have forme'd a tennis court for. the,.school.,:- .The headmaster (Mr. Bary) stated 'that; tho,- , attendance had fallen elightly,.': and,this 1 was ;due, -iii liis opinion, to the . depression ,of .. the times,, /because many families had. gone away. He : read. the reports : of-tho. inspectors'; and thefo' were considered .by' the householders to. be - highly Satisfactory..' ; TAITA. •' Mr. TV.' -F., Edwards presided; at the annual election, of . Taita/(School Committee, /yj'ho a'nnual'report stated that : tho Educa- : ;tiohsßoard's promise of : a; new dividing fence had not boen, -givenveffect ;to; : ; The. attendance of . children .was hardly': satisfactory, but passes at tho ' annual examinations had .been fairly;' good. . .Tho balance-sheet ' showed , a credit of £5 17s. 4d. . " .There''were' eight and the following wero : electodTV. F.; Edwards, ■■'William Cleland, J. E. Mabey,' TV, ' TV. TVclcli, .TV.'Kilminster,:TVi"Moore,' : and : Ri August. • PALMERSTON NORTH. (by .TEt.ECitApji—srncr'A j 4 -rnif» rsitinhen'T ) j Palmorston, April 26. ■The -.following school: -..committees were elected for the l'almerston North • schools to-night :--Terraco End—Messrs. J. A. Nash (chaimian), Yorth (secretary), Lewis: (treasurer), 1 -TV; Mathieson, G. TValker,' 1 T. Tregurtha', ' P.y Setter, - G.' Jarrett. College Street.:-r-]Vlessra. 1 F.. R; ;■ Hodder '(chairman), Sanson, Carvillc, Whitehead, Tyer, Jowell, A. F. W. Jiickson, Stubbs, Gnrrand. .Campbell .Street Messrs. H;.',Palmer, (chairman), A. E. Clausen, 11. St. Simmonds, E. R. B. .Holbem- A. Pickering, .S. Thacker, R. . Gittings, 'J. C. Swallow (secretary), and G. Allman.