PETONE HIGH SCHOOL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2413, 19 March 1915, Page 7

PETONE HIGH SCHOOL

-' — ' Hie Petone District High School Committee met last evening, Mr. D. M'Kenzie presiding, • and there were also present: Messrs. Pansen, Kirk, Taylor,. Anderson, (Wright, Brico, Townsend, and Lockwood. Tfio headmaster's report Btated that' the attendance in both departments had been, somewhat affected during t&e month'by sickness. The Petone Borough Council advised that the question, of the site for a high school on Hutt Park could not be reopened, as the standing orders prevented a defeated motion being reopened unless a request to that effect was signed by five councillors. After some discission it was decided to ask Mr. Anderson, to take the necessary steps to reopen the matter in the council. • The offer of.,the Dominion'. School of. Radio-Telegraphy to conduct a series of lectures on "Wireless in Warfare," and asking the committee to ! make the necessary arrangements, was accepted, and a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. M'Kenzio, Taylor, and Townsend, was appointed, to deal with the matter. ■ ' ' ' ! It was decided to ask the Petone Council to take steps to establish a free library for children, to be called the Petone Public School Library, and it was agreed to ask the Petone West School Committee to-assist in the mat-, tor. .