ELECTION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 64, 22 May 1878, Page 2

ELECTION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

FOXXON. A meeting of householders was held on Saturday last at 6.30 p.m., m the Schoolhouse,, Foitou, for the purpose of electing a School Committee, but owing; to the inconvenience- of the hour and the. day there -were not many present. The. following were elected a committee :— <• " Messrs Flower, Gray, Liddell, Loudon,. Purcell, Stewart, "Whyte. " In accord-, anee witi\. the .suggestion of the Wan-, ganui Education Hoards the boundaries; of the Foxton School Board were taken, into consideration, , and it was. recom-. . mended that the district have a radius, of three miles from the" Courthouse. The- Committee then met' to appoint a*. Chairman, when it was' unanimously agreed that Mr J. N. Flower should bo the Chairman of the- Committee. ICABEBEv . The election for the Committee waaheld m the' schoolhouse at the hourappointed by the Board, and resulted m the election of the following :— ■• Messrs. V. Monrad^ Sly,' -Roe, Bren-. man„ Callesans, Collis, and (we believe), Marshall, PALMEBSTON NORTH*," ; La accordance with 'a 'notice issued^ by the Board of Education, %. meeting; of householders of the District was helct : iv the schoolhouse, on Saturday evenings at sis: o'clock. The attendance was* most meagre; m fact so small that therewere scarcely, option m, selecting repre-. sentativea on the. Committee, inasmuch, as although the new Act required seven committeemen, but eight voters put m. an appearance. On the motion of Mr Linton, seconded, by Mr Marsh,' Mr George Snelson,. the late chairman, was called, upon ta preside. . In opening the meeting the -chairman, said it was convened m accordance wit-It instructions from the Board, and by advertisment in.the Manawatu Timbs.. Under the new Act seven committeemen were required.:, instead of five,- as formerly, and he regretted that m a matter' of such great importance as education, so little' interest was exhibited as was evidenced by the verypoor meeting. However, it was the duty of those present to elect "seven householders to serve as committeemen, andaf ter such election their names would\ be forwarded to the Board, which would appoint a 4ay for their first meeting, at which .%, chairman should he elected. He did not think there was anything f uther to -add, save to remark that those elected under- the new Act would have more arduous duties to. per* form and graver responsibilities than hitherto, and they would he called upon to work and take*" decided action upon many questions.. He was now opentoreoeivejthe names of candidates. The following -gentlemen were then proposed and sconded*: -"Messrs. Snel-. son, Linton, Mirsh, Warburton,. Goodison, Coleman, and Keeling. The- only other householder, at the meeting , was Mc . Nathan, and Mr Linton said he trusted that that gentleman would not take offence at not beingproposed. Seven names had now been proposed, and i£ the list were not supplemented, the necessity of an election would be. ob.viatea-. Mr Nathan replied he had not the least desire to be on the committee. The Chairman, said, that although it appeared very much like each one eleoting the other, under the. circumstance there . was no other ' course. He therefore declared the'seven gentle-, men named duly elected. Mr Linton, observed that if the convenience of the electors m the Dis* -trict had been consulted, some night other than Saturday would have been chosen ; and he felt quite sure that that had something to do with the paucity of t'jndance, Tne Chairman agreed with the re* marks made, and after a vote of thanks had been accorded him, declared the meeting.atan end. TAONUI, The meeting ofthe householders m this district was held, as advertised on Saturday evening. Mr Henry McNeil, presiding. The Chairman explained that he had called the meeting together for the purpose of electing a new committee m compliance with a circular he had -received from the Education Board, at Wanganui. In the course* of his remarks Mr, McNeil observed that although -the^" schoolhouse had beer.

built by the Wellington Education .Board, both himself and the inhabitants generally might fairly take credit to themselves for the liberal manner m Which they had subscribed towards clearing and fencing the ground. He . signified his intention of refraining from being a candidate, as' he thought, that, he had not only given his share of time to the matter, but also it was only fair that others should have a taste of the duties. When the settlers petitioned the Board, for the establishment of a school, they guaranteed that there . should be an attendance of thirty scholars. He was proud to be able tonow announce that there were over forty Dames . on the book, with an aveiage attendance of thiry-five, and thought the results were most flattering to the abilities and energy of Mr Hill, the master. The meeting acknowledged the good offices performed by Mr McNeil m the past, and pressed him to still continue on the Committee, but he firmly declined to be again a candidate. The following gentlemen were then elected :— -Mssrs. Skerman, McDonald, Richardson, Baker, Knight, Parkins,' and Cooper. Mr Skerman was chosen chairman, and the fixing of the boundaries left over until .a map of the district could be procured. * feilding. . The, following is the Committee elected on Saturday for the Feilding Public Schc*)l;-HphMrman, Mr Al.-W. F. Halcombe i Committee,. Messrs. D. H. Macarthur, E, Worsfoldi J. £ .Pearson, Rutherford, Haybittle, and Jamei Whisker. y, "> HAI.COMBE. The School Committee chosen to~represent the Halcombe district consists ;of the following gentlemen: — Messrs. Sherwill, (chairman) Linton, Lash, Selby, 'Loudon, Quarry, and Scott.