DUNEDIN SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Evening Star, Issue 3761, 13 March 1875, Page 2

DUNEDIN SCHOOL COMMITTEE

At the committee’s meeting yesterday, Miss Hill’s resignation as pupil teacher in the Middle District School was accepted from the end of the present quarter, as she intends leaving the Province. —Mr Hallivvell remmended that Misses C. Gow and Jane Sim should be appointed in Miss Hill’s place, but it was decided to defer consideration until the opinions of the Secretary and Inspector are obtained.was stated that the Government had authorised the enlargement of Albany street. school according to the original design, and that his Honor the .Superintendent, when Mr G. Bell’s plan of ventilating and warming this school'had been laid before him, suggested if the build-, ing of the .Normal School was not teo far advanced, the plan, if approved, should be introduced into its construction. On a letter foom the Education Board, requesting; the Committee to give an opinion on the advisability of introducing into the Provincial Council a Bill empowering school committees to levy an education rate on rateable property, Mr Stout moved, “ That the Committee sees no objection to allow committees to asses rateable property for educational purposes.” He said there was a BUI introduced into the Provincial Council three years ago, which was kifcked out mainly through the efforts of the large--lauded proprietors. They must discuss this question of taxation, and it was thetefora no use attempting to shirk it. Besides, this was only giving the : districts local option.—Mr Gillies thought there could be no two opinions about the matter.' M any districts would hail with deligb6: the proposed jheasube.—M* Robin thought the' Committee should not discuss . It took 12 per cent..in town, ana 50 per cent, in ’ the .country districts, to collect:, the, former , edpeatiofi v They

would get tax upon tax until there would be no living in the country.—Mr Pish thought it was unfair for the Government to ask the Committee to pass an opinion on this subject. The Government were simply shirking tneir own responsibilities, and would not give that consideration to the subject which its importance demanded. His amendment -—that consideration of the matter be decreed till next meeting of the Committee—was carried. The following rates of school tees prepared by the teachers were adopted : fJ ir l aU , d B „ cond actions, 7s 6d per quar--5 fourth, 10s 6d; fifth and sixthi,l2s. Prom the third to the sixth sectiou this rate agrees with the present scale recommended by the Education Hoard. The Committee appointed Mr Lindsay, at present thud master of the Middle School, second master of the South School; and upon the recomendation of Mr Park, elected Mr James Hendry as assistant master, and South SohooL'* “ «“