HUTT SCHOOL, MATTERS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1555, 26 September 1912, Page 5

HUTT SCHOOL, MATTERS.

; CONFERENCE OF COMMITTEE*. t A conference of Hntt Valley School Coni- • Initlees whs hold at Lower Hull last evening to consider the- questional sepm- | ate representation <111 I lie Education Board 1 for the Hutt Volley. The following dele- ■ gales were present:—Messrs. Ualthvin, 1 Webley, and i'raser (Tlutt District Tliith ! School), 1). M'Konzio (lVtone District ~ High School), 1!. .Tones (Koro Koro). Hell, • If. Ivnifrht, and Adams (Xoriuandnlc). : Mr. H. Baldwin, who occupied the ; chair, pointed out that tlio object of [ fho conference was to see what steps ■ should be tjiken to obtain separate repre- : sentation for tho Hutt Vallov on the Wel- ■ lington Education Board. It had been ' tho feeling for some time that the Hutt ■ Valley was not represented, and the timo had now arrived when t.hey should have representation—somebody to keep in toueli ■ with the committees, and occasionally to ' attend their meetings and sec what tho ; requirements of the schools really were. Mv. Baldwin also pointed out that tho ' number of children attending the schools ' in the nult Valley was 2230, as against 18!H children attending the schools ill tho ■ Manawalu district. Tho cost per head ; for teaching the children was .C.'l lis. for the Hutt Valley, and .CI 4s. 7d. for tlio Horowhcmm district. The number of representatives on the School Conunitteo .was 118 for Hutt Valley, and 111 for Horowhenila, thus showing that tlio llult Vnl- ; ley was outvoted ili tho matter of educational representation. After discussion, it was resolved, 011 tho motion of Mr. Bell: "That a deputation ■ of delegates from nil schools interested should wait 011 Mr. Will'ord and ask him to lake steps to have a separate ward formed for the Hntt Valley, so that they could have their own representative."