Wanganui Education Board

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 28, 3 September 1891, Page 3

Wanganui Education Board

* • ■ — j.. The ordinary monthly meeting of the fcbove Board was held on Monday night, ttt 7.30. Present— Messrs Carson (chairtaan), H. Sanson.GK Bridge, Bey. J. Boss, J. Baker, J. Fry, J. fcotman, \ and 3. A y . Hurley. > The following business was done in Committee :— .. Taonui— Mrs Astbury'sresignation was accepted, aud the Executive was ordered .to take steps to fill the vacancy. . .Application for appointment—Regarding an application from Mr G. Evense for employment, it was resolved, " That the Board could not offer him employment." / ,- „ Taontii— A letter was received from the 'Taonui Committee re the Inspector's re•port on the state of the school; letter acknowledged. \Ashurst — Spencer Clapham was ap;s>ointed, subject to his certificates being iorwarded for inspection. ' * Exchange of Teachers— lt was decided that the' Tarakma and Mosstown Committee be consulted with a view to an ll^exchange of teachers. ' <The Board then proceeded with the regular business. Pemberton — The committee having ap;plied for desks, it was resolved, " That be asked to provide desks for use until the roads are in a better state than «t»preseßt, Cheltenham and Kimbblton Eoad— The settlers having failed to elect Committees it Tfas resolved, " That the present Committee be asked to act until the end of the. fear." Maagaone— An application for enlarge"medt of the school building was not entertained, it being considered that the ■erection of a school on the Midland road, & nufce from Mangaone, would relieve *he?«bo-ye named school. Midland road— The settlers asked the Board to establish a school in this neighbourhood. Mr Fry reported that he had viaiteft^the place and that the residents prepared to find a site for a building, and advised' the erection of a school, provided > that tEe settlers signed the bond. The report was adopted, <*nd it was decided that the Board should Tjearthp expenses, of the transfer of the "site and pay half the cost of fencing. ffidjacd road— On the motion of Mr • Try it" was decided that the necessary steps be taken for the election of a committee. ;Halcombe — In answer to a request of itlte Committee, that the Foresters' ball migPitfo held in the schoolhouse, it was decided that the Board could not sanction tfluch'an arrangement. „-°ilariaia — This Committee wrote for*wording a copy of the correspondence Detfreen the teacher ,and themselves, in with the action of the teacher nn a constable into the school of the loss of a watch by 'one *©f the.«eholars. After much discussion, Mr Baker jnoved, and Mr Notman sec: ni)ndedii"-That the Board approves of the iiustaon^f the"M*naia Committee, and en--resoiirtion passed by them." "Hr Hurley upheldjfthe action of the masrier vi 1 introducing ?fhe 'constable, it was to get the .officer's advice. Mr Jjafcer's motion was ultimately passed, 3fr Hurley dissenting. : . Hfrnnui— Application for fhe^xten sion «of the residence having been received -from the Committee it was resolved, on -the motion of Mr -Notman, seconded by ,2lr,Frv, *'JThat the Board were not able ifco "accede to the request. ' Pbfcangina— The committee were authorised to have a heart of totara stab -fence«erected at a cost not exceeding 13s -per chain. ■■ Kiaibolton Eoad — This matter as to -jfenciag, was held over until the completransfer. palete— lt was decided that cadets be granted travelling expenses ■when Attending annual examinations. I The Board then went into Committee 4o consider the inspection Reports, and on • 'Resuming reported as follows : — .K-Mbsstown and Turakina— Continuing business of the Board, it was resolved *£* That a letter should be sent to the of Mosstown and Turakina, stat. 3ng that the Board is very dissatisfied -with the result of the examination of "their schools, but will endeayour to effect •an exchange of masters, in order to give them an opportunity of redeeming their status" " A notice of motion was handed in for -the aext meeting as follows, " That the I>ond provided for m section 2 of the regulations "be' so amended as to provide that bondsmen -are found for horse allowAnceand' Committee's capitation in ad4lition to the teacher's actual salary." This concluded the business of the meeting, x