EDUCATION BOARD

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 25 February 1914, Page 11

EDUCATION BOARD

- ' A mating of the. .Welli-n^tofl'Eduei-' ■tiun -Board was h-eldj-yestcrijai'.. 'Tl-ierc werft^-present: Messrs. "R. Leo .(rliairvnarili' A. W. Hogg, H;-FrSe.ni.au,.^-W.. H. ■ Field,.T. Moss, and W. Kibbell,- : LV reply -to a .reciuest, from.tlio aens' Carnival Committee, -it was resolved that the schools', within -roach of' the city sheiiid close on March 6. Tlie dat« for the school committee elections was fixed' for the* second Monday in May. , ... - b-u the. recommendation of 'the secretary the board decidod to reaffirm, informer resolution, to tli-o- cffo'ct that children of school ago should not be given leave to permit of their going to Nelson for haptpickiiifj. Mr. ' btewart stated that •he was iiiforMed tliat .no children of stllooi ago were being taken .to Nelson this year. Regarding the works in. progress at the Brooklyn School, tire board dectcM on the recommendation of tho Works and Finance Committee ■to contribute £100 towards retafauig-waHs, _ cs«ava-tio-n, and filling, on tho committee ua» dertaking to coiupleto the work. Tito board agreed, also, to ptovido tho additional sum required over and above the Government grant- for imlirovcnii'iits rfrqui-red to asphalt the nfea behind t-lio Mount Cook Boys' ScllboS, '■ The following tenders were arceptefl: —i'etonfi' -West, scfenco fittings, .W. Csnnaii; Shaslttoli, additions to school and residenco, Pringle and Haste; Kaiv.'arra, painting, A. W. I'aitner; Pae-lai-iiarikt, etc.,. school rcsiiiettce, R. Turner; Knitoki', painting, ,1 and E. Batt-orsby: Wati-uu-o-mata, painting school, J. and E. Battersby,