School Committee Meeting.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 113, 8 April 1884, Page 3

School Committee Meeting.

.A. meeting of the ahnevston North School Committee whs held last evening. • . Pufsent — Messrs • Leary (Chairman), Stewart, Russell, Woodroofeand George. The minutes of last monthly and special meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence read and received. Telegram iVora Secretary of Road re Mv Stratchatn leaving was read, and it was explained by Mr Leary that as Mr Stratcliam was merely removing to another school the no ice was not strictly required.- It was staled that 179 children' had left the" school since last January. Re'Terace End School. A telegram from the Secretary of the Board desirr iug that this school should at' once be removed to Deard's Hall was read, Proposed by Mr George, Wl seconded by Mr "Woodroofe, and carried, That a committee, consisting of the Chairman, Mr Hawkins, and IVTr Stewart, be appointed to make the necessary ari'anger 'mehts'tb op 1 en the 'school at Deird'.4 1 Hall,' ; aiitl ■autlvbvue'lhe necessary 'iri^ rairs and sht'plies' 1 under the sanction 1 of the'feoard. The report df Mr "Wagistaff re children absent from school was lead. "•" " tfe WaS resolved that the consideration of Mr Wagstaffs report re truants be held over until the next meeting with a view'bf definitely deciding at ' that meeting whether the compulsory clauses "be brou^h t into ' operation . ■ ' ' ' ; \ ' ' : The fblloWiiig report's read andi ■■■■■ ■■';';.) '..I,''.;,'' 1 :.:,:. 1 ,"!] t 'Tbe..o^ a ivnian^4n.d i^emberfS, of Coni-i .^■■■__';;uiittep., ( .;.' i ,,.. l , , .... O ci [ ; : . j Gentlemen " :; ■ i I have the honour to submit my ; monthly s rejpprtj During the, .. past' r;nfontV the .Terrace Ifrid School having 1 ' been opened lias made a large difference m the attendance at this school. , . •. 1 l),unng the last month 132 h'ayeleft,, and 13 new scholars have been, ad' mitted. The average attendance, for , ' thY same time lias been . 230.7 for an ', iaverage jpii numjber/ of , 301.^. The ; present roll is 289. ■ , : ...■-. on this siibject 1, would like to diaw jour attention to. the wide dif- • ierence Dctween the '"average. r,pli aud £he average, attendance.— viz., 70 chil— .^re^'.", '|ow,' that, two, schools »rp opened" there can . be np - excuse ; on H tj^o f grounds:of over-crowding, or A long .distances'. Vlndeed; the attentlanco . pf men^,cJii(dren lß.so ppoiy as. to ; wake the work of te^cliingtl?em a farce, and this, m spj^te of repeatecl,, visits fr ( om the Truant luspector,. and not^s f^om myself. .In %cl the compulsory clause is regarded us a .'*' dead, letter." ■. \ U} . ,, A^ tlje 'winter is now.,dr^,win^ near 'th'^'.us^l-.Vuiimly. of firewood .w,ill, be, required, t would also like to dra«.y lyour attention to several suggestions ; nijideby th,e Inspector at his late t visit». ; ■ • (l).a large number ,of pegs reqi^ired jin corridors ; (2) large stones m yard ,to. ;be removed y.( 3) extra^maps, and pici turjßS ' (^ easily procured") might be ! jiungjin " junior rppms ,tp ; make them niore.atitractiye" ; (4), seats on gajleries |to lie supplied with back, and. that ppr- ' tior^-f of. gajler^ ■used. i by ( ,,Standarsi, : l, altered , #o as JLoadniit of. desks being, us,ed K a^. children :}i write .ltpldiug slates on their 'jmeeH." v „ „. ; ;: ; ; - • J ;With fi regard to "No. 1 ,|bere were ineyer ; enoujgh, pegs and .many, that were there, are , broken, being of such a biittle quality, that the mero : contact with a cbilds' arui m passing it sufficjeut to snap ttem, pff,,asl hare seen fre;. quen,^.. A- iM,^^ r .. quality would be cheaper m the end. As to the latter part of ;> o. 3 the Inspector oxplained that many, pretty, coloured prints .might ibe procured as gif&s, also some" of the ibea,ntifuV almanacs C<jf a; PJiitablft chrti'Bcter; so freely distributed by trades pppplamig^tjalsp b«j; utilised, and help Id. bvightenj up, ; the , dingiue&s of the , Wal|s ir , )•a ■. ,:.;:...J ;..■-■ l'\ '. j To ■> carry put No.; 4 considerable exr pense w.oujd fee entailed, to alter gallery' iop, but i*H,ils. .as backs.: to the ; /forms m infant;, room, would piily ; bo a., sojall inajbtjei\ „ and the ; expense; would be borne by tho Board.. > ' .'<:■<,. In;cc.ncU)KiS3n; I may state Uiati the (pbaißman asjeed nw try and get.>tlie sink under the; girls' tnnk#lter.edv I «ent to several parMe9:butLnpne seemed, in^ olined tpxomfo fprßO : lsmail ft. jpb;. ;Mv. S, t Straehan, haying ., been appointed to* the , Waiuganui Boyp' School,-.' and' urgently written for by that committee, lias by permission of the Chairman (bit Jjeary ) left this; sbcool to-day. ■ : )\ «.: i • I hayethe,honoiv&c« ! Fbancis E.. Watson, ■ i .7 ••;!,. I.' ■ J : »•:; HeadiMastei'* i -Report of - Vising' Gotomittee,. I Toiir Oomraittee beg;'Hb report -hay- 1 ! ing-visited tli^ school onf Friday. They :: Tfgretted to notice that the^tahk tor the ••g^rW 1 division u was still^sutrbunded by -^ater. The • sink : should re at onoe -lojok^d/to; a^itiri^tst be injurioft^ to the health of the children to be compelled ! t6 stand in^wafeh? when-tryittg to get water. The grounds have ai untidy a| ipdarance, owing v l to v pnj>er blowing alout, thistles giMWing,'-<fec:j nnd we notice that all i the ; sinks, <xcept one; aiie; choked up, wliich will ccitiii-ily ca'uip a quantity of water to lie a J iont' during thowinfer mOntlix. l-liehhrgos arjdilatohes of- some of iho' gAiex heed ; attention. The attendance a^HheslMiool we found had materially- decreased, ov ing 46 other sohoola being opened, an d we asked* Mr Watson to kindly fu 'nishi i tho j Committee -m his report with detailed information- as to the number who h'ave^eft. We regret we have not been able to visit the Terrace End School yet. The smell arising fjL'dm the outbuildings of < (jhe^ boys' 1 division we found extremely bad j this matter uequjres early attention.- / < ■ 1 vB ' G, H.HawkW, !■•: :;■::,. j G. 'W, 'BUSSELL. ' April 7%1«84. proposed by Mf Woodroofe, secpnded ,by| Mr Stewart and barrted-^-Thftt"an upplication be-"- made to the ; Board to ereici a suitable ! shed tor the boys also one forithe girls for shelter, &c.j during the dinner hourj or fdr a grant of £20 , forj that purposed ' : l : " ' ■'■■ ■ i Mr Geprge and Mr'Stewart were re- r ques'-ed to collebt 1 att^ piint^ to enliven the infant room as suggested m Mr Watson's report. \. '

The office of the Cheese and Butter Company (LimjtedJ h«3 been Removed to Mr G. M. Sneloon aucti»u rooms, ; A paragraph m yesterday's is3tie stated that Messrs Halcombe and Rh^rwill's stock sale was (o be held at Cheltenham, it should have read Ashurst. The sale take? place to-morrow at the latter place. The Alexandra cavalry passed through Palmerston by the mid-day train to-day, en route for Wellington to be present at the Easter Encampment. We received a telegram last evening after we hud gone to press that the sailnip of the Tui had been postponed till Wednesday (to-morrow) at 8 p.m. At a meeting of the Palmerston Volun* teers held last night 25 men (rave m their "namea to attend the Easter Encampment at Welling»on. They leave here by Thursday morning's train. The train, 1 containing the Wanganui Volunteer contingent which arrived today consisted of 12 cattle vans , 4 horse boxes, 7\goods trucks, ">- passenger car* riages and. guard vaa-^26 m. all. The Native Land Court again sat to-day-bot nothing has as yet been done m the way «pf settlement. • • .'. The new Licensing Committee ait for the first time to-morrow to elect a chaii« man. The Rev. Mr Fancourt attendedv the meeting of ihe General Church Fund and explained its objects and working. There was a large attendance at Stereos & Gorton's Boroneh sale to«day. A report of the sale will appear in.to.morrow a isaut* , Mr It. Whibley o c Aahurst 13 organizing a concert to take place at Ashurat shortly, proceeds are m aid of a man residing there who' lately sustained considerable injuries through' an accident. We believe an-im* ber of Palmerston ladies and gentlemen are giving their assistance. A very brilliant meteor appeared m the sky at about 11.20 last night direction north-east. :■ The body of a man "found yesterday evening m theWaiau River Canterbury has not yet been indentified. From appearance it is supposed to be a tramp. The Cathedral bell at Ghristchurch was tolled on -'Saturday afternoon on the occasion of the Duke of Albany's funeral* and the flags at; Obristcharch and Lyttelton were hoisted half-mast. The Freemasons have gone into mourning for a period of three month?. . „ By the ateameir Kuapehu on Saturday, the Canterbury- Acclimatisation Society sent a^mber" of Paradise ducks and Blur I Mountain ducks to the London Zoologjoa 1 ! Society; ; > 'I_____ L— _.