PAEROA HIGH SCHOOL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4754, 22 September 1924, Page 2

PAEROA HIGH SCHOOL.

MONTHLY COMMITTEE MEETING. The monthly meeting of the committee of the Paeroa Distiict High School was held on Saturday evening, there being present: Messrs C. H. Pascoe (deputy-chairman), H. J. Hayward, W. T. Power, C. T. Mettam, R. Thorp, W. Purdie, G. H. Taylor (headmaster), and the isecretary. TECHNICAL SCHOOL SITE. The supervisor of the' manual and technical branch, Auckland, wrote stating that the Education Board had recently had to pay the sum of £6l 17s 6d to the Paeroa Borough Council as rates on the technical high school site. As the board was receiving only £l5 a year as grazing rental for the site, the lease was being terminated on September 3®. The matter was referred to the chairman and Mr Thorp for a report. REFINERY BUILDING.

A further letter was received stating that an offer had been submitted to the board to sell it the gold refinery building for use ais a manual school. The price asked was £2OOO, and the committee’s opinion was sought in the matter. It was agreed that the building was not suitable, and that the cost of reconditioning it . would be too great. Also the site was unsuitable owing to there not being sufficient space for suitable playifig areas. SCHOOL LIBRARY. The Education Board wrote advising that the sum of £73 6s 2d, being the amount raised by school concerts, together with the board’s grant and department’s subsidy, was now available for the purchase of. books and the erection of cupboards for the school library. GROUND IMPROVEMENTS. Arising out of the report of the visiting committee, it was decided to obtain a supply of stones from the technical school site to complete the coping at the north-eastern corner of the school ground, and also to expedite the woi-k of sanding the boys’ lower playground. The matter of tarring that area was held in abeyance in the meantime. DAMAGE TO PLOT. Some strong comments were made on the practice of allowing stock to wander at nights, and it was reported that since a horse had damaged the grass plot facing the boys’ playground in Wood Street a cow had also tramped over the greater portion of the plot, with the result that the turf had been left in holes, and one of the shrubs had since died as a result of being trampled out. It was decided-to ask the Borough Council to take steps to have the streets patrolled during the night, with a view to impounding such wandering stock. THAMES MANUAL CLASSES. It was agreed to allow pupils to attend manual instruction claases at Thames during the summer months. RESIGNATION OF SUPERVISOR. It was decided to extend congratulatinos to Mr J. P. Kalaugher, who has retired from the position of supervisor of the manual and technical branch, Auckland, on reaching the superannuation stage, and also to record the committee’s appreciation of the help and support accorded it by Mr Kalaugher. VISITING COMMITTEE. Messrs Power and Mettam were appointed a visiting committee for the ensuing month. CONDOLENCES. A vote of condolence was accorded to Mr Gillman (chairman), in his recent bereavement. The motion was carried in silence. ACCOUNTS. Accounts totalling £lO 3s were passed for payment.