EDUCATION BOARD

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2732, 29 March 1916, Page 9

EDUCATION BOARD

MUNTIIIA' iMICIOTKNCI. Tho Mon. ,1, (J. W. Aitkoii (olmirinnn), .1. Kobboll, 11, Freeman, W. 11. I'lold, T. Mmw, Win, Allan, C. M. liulto, and Sir Waller Uuchnnan woro present at. llio inonlhly mooting of tho Million lion Hoard hold yesterday afternoon, Tho sliitoiniMit. of linemen allowed that tho debtor balance on March 1M wa« .Willi Bs. Id., an compared with .CSli!!) 7«. 'Jil. on February 26, The receipt during iMnreh were iil'J,7()l Us. <ld., mid in I'Vbrtiary £.')(! h. fid.; total, •CI'JJ.RI J fin. lid. The piivnieiilo in jMareh were £I.J,(ili(l Ills. 2d.; in February, XJI'KMJ Ills, fid.; total, £l.!),Jl)(i !)n. i'd. Authorisations for sites, etc., JCIOB6 Jfin. recoluiiiendatioiKi of llio Works and Financo Committee wora approved without any discussion, including tlio following:--"The Kinance Coiuinittoe, having conferred with representatives or tho Hospital Hoard and their dun In! mirgeon, recommends Unit, in order to meet the admittedly urgent need for a general soliomo ol denial tnvitniont of school Children, oven if only partial, an endeavour bo nuido by the I'Miioulion Hoard to arraiiee for a joint conference of I hose bodies and the medical ollicer of llio district, with tho ,I'rimo Alinistcr, the Alinis'lor of Financo, and the Minislor of Public Health, at, n timo convenient to tlio Alinislora." Nol.iliciflion of tho approval of tho following, grants for new schools and extensions! to schools, as received lrom- tho Government ns follows:— Cartortou District JJigh School (addition to inl'aiit.s' department), £1JI) Bs.; Wadcslown (now 2-roomcd school), I'M 18; L'ongaroa (addition lo school), £,')7fi; Hntnitni (now school, additional), £;S0f); enuipmcnt or laundries in District lligh School ooutres, subsidy of £2 foi every £1 from other sources'up to £'210 (this is in connection with tho littings and appliances for laundry work ro. quired in those provincial centres whero laundry work is included in tho rural course).