EDUCATION BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 4043, 10 February 1876, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD.

The monthly meeting of the Education Board was held' (o-d*p r pres.nt, the Superiu. dent (in the chair), Messrs Davie, Gillie?, Grten, B-rid, and Hislop (secretary).

The Secretory reported the following appoint ments since last meeting :—Mr John M>nries second master South Dis f rict School, vice Mf Lindsay, promoted to Normal School; Mrs ('rawford, schoolmistress •' amaru, vice Mi b Fitzger ild, promoted to Normal School; Mi*s Surah Cross, schoolmistress BluesMn; Mies gius Short, pchoolmistress, Noith-East Vrtl ev, vice Mis« M'Gr.-gor, promoted to Hi«h S<h<ol; Miss Barbara Grey, pupil-(e»cher, North-Fast Valley, vice Mies Mo'lison, retired owing tt> ill-health; Mr Thos. Johnston, stci-nd m ster, Lawrence, vice Mr Menzirs, t a uferred to Duoed : n ; Mr R. B Heiiot, master, We-itherstones, vice Mr Johnson promote I to La wrai-Crf; Mr John Watt to Hampden, vice Mr D, Munro, resiyne 1; Mr J. Stables to Havtlock, vice Mr Wott elected to Hampden; Mr George Hume, master, to Manuka Creek. vice Mr Bourke to Beaconfield; viss Herd, schoolmistress, to Hav.lock, vice Mrs Watt ! resigned; Miss J. Wilson, scho lmistress, to Weath'Tstones, vice Mi?s Hume to Manuka Creek ; Mr J. Lytile, master, to new Bchool at Faiifax: Miss Munro to now school at Kingst n; Miss Pai-ry, ruin-teacher at Lawrence, vice »<isß Herd, schoolmisttess, to Havelock; Mr James Guthrie, to M-a Flat, v«6 Mr Johnston resigced. Appications for extra teachers wer*» thus dealt with:—Caversham, average attendance, 250, applied for two pupil-teachers, one granted ; Inve-cagill, average attendance 160, <n * pupil-teacher sanctioned; Waikiwi, Bppli cation lor school-mistress, declined, school-roll not cominr up to numbar prescribed by the Act; Woodland's, pupil teacher, sanctioned; Clifton, • Flag Swamp, Merton, sewing teachers, declined; PoxtobeUo,, schoolmifltress,

declin dj Mies Rob?rtion, Banian, and Miss Fowler, Weathefttooe*, w ere appointed school? teache b. The f ukue"rt School Committee intimated that Mr Dickson, the schoolmaster, ha«l threatened to resign unless his salary was ia : 6edfr m L 75 to LIOO. The Secretary : I should be sorry to loße Mr Dic!ts"n'« set vices. !e is a firsft-nlass teacher.— Theiacrea.e was granted.

'1 h< Lawrence Grammar School Committee reported hav.'ng, owing to inßhfficimt;Schoo| <ccommodab'on ( made arrangements whereby ►hey Becured the large room of the Atheneum for an extra schoolroom, for 10b per week. His Honor: It is hardly the thing.for the ; Athenaeum t*> charge rent: the objects of such iastitutions are partly educational, —lt was agreed ID transmit the matter back to the dchool Committee to confer with the Athemeum Committee.

Memorial for Schook:—fferiot Hundred, thirty<two childi en would attend, distance from nine to seventeen miles to nearest school. His Honor j It was only yesterday there was nothing but the Dunrobin Hotel there. That is indicative, inn't it. Application granted Hctljehope, twenty-five chUdren would attend; Ketused.

Two-thirds of repairs were allowed to:— Akatoie, 1.8 10s; Tnapeka*Mouth, L 3 9s9d; Bluff, L 46 6s 8d; Maungatua, LI 13e 4d; Kaitanga'a, L4olßs 6d; Fortrose, L 69 ts 8d: Cardrona, L 4 18s; Port Chalmers, Ll2s3d; Inveroargill, L3O. v ■ It was agreed to accept proposed school site at Upper Waireka; to purchase Bite at Tuakitotomaj anacee)for achool for Lovell'sFlat and Tuakitoto, frnm Mr Forsyth, for L3O; and to grant a school to Wild Bush. One hah: time school to be allowed to Maerewhemu, provided there U no additional expense to the Board. The allowances to Macetown and Albertown Sofcools wera stopped owing to the great falling off in the attendance.

Mr Dlack wrote onViiag to teach phonography in schools. The Secret art intimated tbat Mr . Norrie'. was making arrangements 'o have it taught. in \tbe Boys' Bigh School as an extra subjeot. He (Mr Hislop) wouM suggest that it might be made one of the branches in the Normal School —His Honor: Ithmkitissmoitimportantthing and ought to be taught.— Mr Gillies : It is a moat valuable accomplishment.—lt was agreed to refer the letter to the rector of the Normal School as to the expediency of introducing short-hand teaching into the'school. ; Mr Buechler was appointed German master to the Boya' .High School at LSO. I- wa* agreed to grant i. Grermau teacher to the Girls' School at L3O.

It was decided that the services of Mr Gow as writing mast- r should be confined to the High School soHv, Mr Fitxserald undertaking to teach at the Normal School; and that an assistant-jauitor be allowel to the Bigh Schools at 11b per week; " '