BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2037, 3 September 1880, Page 3

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The Board of Education for the district of North Canterbury met yesterday at three o'clock. Present—Mr Inglis (chairman), Rev Charles Eraser, Mr Cunningham, Mr Tanored, Mr Montgomery. The usual statement of appointments made and expenditure authorised since last mooting was read and approved. Reports from Inspector of Schools at Halswell, Leeston, Kcwai Bush, East Oxford, &c, were laid on the table.

A letter was read from Little Akaloa, asking whether it was legal for the chairman of the committee and his wife to occupy the schoolmaster's house.

The Ohairman, after looking up the Act, remarked that from the letter it seemed that the ohairinaii of committee must have been living in the house without consent of the committee.

The secretary was directed to draw the attention of the committee to the clause of tho Act dealing with the matter, from which it appeared that the committee of the district in question were the proper authorities to apply to, and that any application must afterwards be referred to the Board.

Miss Collins, of tho Normal School, cent in hor resignation, which was accepted.

The Board ordered the seal of the Board to be affixed to certain contracts.

Tenders were opened for different works and accepted, as follows :—Leeston repairs (Pentelow), £42 10s ; Gloucester street, repairs (Campbell), £34 ; St. Albans (Buckingham), £36 16a. With regard to an application for a shingle reserve at Brookside tc be used as a playground, the Road Board, who were communicated with on the subject, replied that they (the Board) would not require to U6O the reserve for some time, and would lease it for a term to be decided on.

The secretary was instructed to write to the Board with a view to making final arrangements on the subject. Mr Walker, drill instructor, submitted a report in reference to the Sydenham school, making certain suggestions aa to the appointments of the gymnasium. The motion was postponed for the present on the ground of want of funds.

The Ohairman reminded the Board in reference to the Waikari school, that the railway would run through the schoal ground, and application had beem made to the Government for compensation to enable the Board to have a school erected on a different eite. It had been suggested that the difficulty might be met by care in thoroughly fencing in the ground, but this scheme seemed to be impracticable under the circumstances. A report from Mr Lambert on the matter was read, and other correspondence was read, including offers of land for a school Bite. After some consideration, the Board resolved to send a copy of the report to tho Government, with e. request that a suitable Bite for the school might be found elsewhere in the district. An application for certain improvements to the West Ohristchurch School was roceived, but consideration thereof was postponed, on tho ground that the plans were too expensive in character. The Board at this stage went into committee, and on resuming adjourned.