EDUCATION BOARD

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2135, 29 April 1914, Page 4

EDUCATION BOARD

MOHfHLY MEETUiC. At. l)i« iin>»iilil_v rfi('f'tift|j (■(■ Ui." VVn!» liiiiihii! Kdiientiim \Umri} I.li.tc! w,. r .« j,f...s<.|it: iJwors'. U. J/tt) (r-liiiiriimn;, T, Akis:-!. Tl. Fippitiiui, A. W. 11nj.;,/,, .1. Kct;UII, AV. AllMi, W. If. I'icW. niirl Kir W ftH-nr I!iH!ji(irsfl.n. J/Oiv nf ftli.V'tiwj was jjra-iitMl t* Atf. .7. fl. W. AitJtPfi. A<(:oniiMjt: l>) iI.M-i ijiliiwifl} stftfe'Wrtlt, thoptiyiiKi/ils for Ajicil tst.tJlwJ /;(I,W;-7 IBs. (kl : , iiw! Ui»- <)< ; hrt Jmlaw* wi :tfo»diiy Iftiifc w«« £277! 15.1. U'l ft «■»» j invnlioiiml by iki cliairifiiifi, liok-'u-i:)-, tltiit tlm finniicc-s «v<t« irt jr lli»rw(f<lit,y soiihiJ wmrfil.iwi, as over £4000 was .'.f«« to tfee fj-oiifil, C'firf(;S|Miii<j(;ii-re from ilifc Kdi(catifU) l)«|iart»W!«)(, was befflfe lh« ftici-ijiij; »i----lij)>alt»K that tho /crant for tb» *St,«dphts , iji-piutiiwnt of tJw Oil(si'Cf)jii] scttwii) Was )inw ;iv.'i.i)--«l)lc. '!'h(! Witfi) ■estJfiKile for iiic c<>l- - ImiMirtg r« JJSIWf). Ati(»l.hoc Iv.tler hota th« I)«]»krtnHU2L fiilviswl a araht of JL'.flO fof additione to the fldtt Kitsteiii School. The Department wrote further, mals» hiu. ;ui offer to j providfl Fletcher and Hii/.anJ tarpets to sftfionl Winimitiots, nt it cost of £3 17s. o>3. per target.—ft iras (If-cidorl to advise- scbtwl cerHiflif.tei's MoonHiiuJ.y. Sir. J. )-.1. Tntham, Homowoeitj East Coa_st, apfilrnd for an aisled Bftlitel, A similar applicntioti was received from JH>. A. l>. if'Lcod, Slitngaparj.—Tile Bpplicaliofte wcro gr.a-ftted. Mr. W- Brndcy and others, applied for a sfilmoi «t Par-ew-at-a.--TI)o jeaiter ivas referred to the jnspectets for rep/rt. A. lottof frorti 31r. fcV-od, Miifiga-rea, stated tl)»t (!re new sc-lioo- fisioaf s'lfty Morn) will be ready to open -tin Mixf i. —Rftcmvmil, .Miss Vorha Burns, Cart-crtfin, asted So bo aflowed to transfer her scholarship to tsifl Vfiliington Girls' Goikge.-— 'ffeo application was granted.

MQO&TAN SCHOOL. The eheinnaft reported Itet tlio acCfliitfno/.ktion at ifraokiTD School Was 46 present fnadoquafc. " r ffa Jschrtol had .been huHt to aecomarocFatc yfiO .pupils, ami there were at presft-hfc wet COO attending. A g*>dd ftia.ny issues wore involved. Mvi it had fcren suggested that another school should bo toift. It ftjiijcaitttl, however, that the present School w-fts m the'centre of the pOiMita*tion of the district, and tho inspectors' opinion was thai tii© best sfetiii lit this stage wiuld : fec to huild an s'ffciitio.pal h«» rooms. Bid to-till aeeoritnvodat/toh fe-oifld tta ho sufficient for 6SO pupils, and there wmild jir'n'bahly ire an -a/rer* age attendance -of 623. It was decided to apply to the G-ov'-m-nreciit for an additional two .tooros tor the scliool.

SCHOOL OBAJvTS, ETC.' On thfe roeommoficiatieii of tho Fiiiancfs Committee, grants- were, -authorised to sAriofs as fallows:—ta-.u-s----downe, estri water swriee, £2 J.'Os.; Se-iirbofough, c-onerete floois <m sheds, and about entranoe doors, £10; Ptt-ke-hiiiaii, UK'talimf and tree- .protfeetion, subsidy £1Q; Mou-i-it- Cotik Bosrs', new (ioiviipipes, etc., £2; jMo-Uwt Gaok .Bxws', rtic-taiitog in -placo -of asphait, £45 j Mount Cook Inlairfc, jiow spoatiiig, wxtra }iii?o, and , effftilrage, .Si-145.; Cl.ytl-O Quay, c-ompteti-iig roof, extra cost, £30 &. 6d.; Boi-igofokako, reivcwal of fenoiug, £17 10§.; I'ittara., iiftWubiral'bavittrtatj - fcuee, half'cost, £9; B-iialißon, re-sid'oiice, : r-eaiosva! piles, plates, etc., $10.

-. It was reso;lveti t;h-at-the aiisiflc mahifconniife vrwfe..ef tliV school residence.at Garteft-on be- undertalteii im-mmtotely, ijjid that tive clerk- -of vrorks furtJrcr oa tho questian of imp.-rotofijciiis. . The Fiiiaiicc CeiiWlittcC rt'cd.m'mS-iHj' <i(l that tho Shrt-iineii Sclisbl Comwitt-eo 1)6 offered a £ for £ s«hsJ<Jy lip to ig-33 ■fo-f surface- iiiipforeKiosils ro'iuid the Selim-1. — feoffmn-iqßdatiosi approved* Simitariy, a £ for £ siiU'.sitij' up to £25 was approved {or improvenrtul's at ITcrn-hvklgo. All cxtieHslitnfe of £3n 1.55. ttas av-i-tittfised fffr' fufm'tnre- aii-il alterations to the bbattl's 6'ffite. I'ho seofi-itary was instructed to fev with Jlr. i'arker in regard to the tjere-hasr- of a piano- (fiwit of jE-GO) for the- Trainiliß GeMegiS at A tokpiioiio is to ti-3 pro-vWocl ote. mormons & raftm school. When the inspectors' rc.parts wero bfiins' (J-iscMiiseti, itfi« oliatrißau r&ma-i'fcod tliat oho ef tlw roports refarrfid fort Mormon SbJiool. with seventeen Jaipffe, fit I'ori.rmi, Tho teacbors vrfre- not trained, nii'cf did set ntelerstahel their work. It was a- qvi-esiisH for £Ijb IjOiiwl to gay ttlie-ther -tlio sehbpl sltouttl hi ftdaiowk-URCfI or w'Wther' it should bo ißtered, aiid the ■β-hildfoii ve.ijuited to attend a State school ill /tlio district. Froii.l the hoard's point ,dt yiesv_, tho sisifoel was (teing nn good work, . Oiiifc Motfeii ef" JIV. Moss, it was! dnckJetl that the so-kob] ei-ro-iiM >mt he | rfpegiiise'd, and that-, the chfltlrew ho j toqiiji'iid t-o ittteiid rt State Sfih-001. 1

HOLIDAYS-A RAtt tiAMS. Mr. A. \t. Hesp mov<!ct: "Thfrt.&e first- tivv!)! and fltlior school holicliiys be fixcii, if passible, at a datn that \vi|l fihabio the tnariwts a.ijil ebilfe.ii to take ndi'dhtago of rftHwaj , oscOTS.iou fares." This tf-ft-s seeflfided J»y Jlr- Ifebbell, aiul lHeinUfirs ftcnira-Dy. (ix|Wossed tlitfui-so-Iv'ffs iis siKfeomeirt Tvitti it. TJie Biofciwi was carflc^