NELSON EDUCATION BOARD

Nelson Evening Mail, 26 September 1916, Page 5

NELSON EDUCATION BOARD

•Mp-NIBHLY. MEETING.

'The monthly meeting of : the'' Nelson Education BoazxJ was held to-diiv. ' sent—Messrs '&. H. Gothard (Chairman), W. Lock, F. W. O. Smith, E. J.'Sjan'tjeibury, E.E. Boy'es,' W. 0. Baigent, ; ; T.: Symes, D. J. Williams.■ v-v< ■:. .':.*-. ,■;'. !■> ; Accounts amounting to £5096155.8 d were passed for payment. . It was resolved that ih future the sec-: . retary obtain, prices for supplies, ■ It Was that'in future all"ac : ," counts against the- Board' must 'be ren.-. dered monthly... : •';.■.' .-, .;.:,,-_..;,.■■,.---■.' '■: .. . -SECRETARY'S. The secretary (Mr .N. R. WiUiams). itr.. •his report, stated,, inter the last meeting it. was found necessary to close the Richmond School for three w"eeks owing to aii epidemic of. d'iplitheria therein at. This school re-opened; last IMonday. The Tarakohe School, after behig.i. clpsedV for four weekts, also "on Mori- \ day Mast. The teacher; at, Brighton iiwas' granted, leavo of aib'serice owing 'to; illhealth, and the school has 'been closed .indefinitely. The tittle' W r ahgariui; ; Scli66l will ibe closed until the 9tlx October ori account of an\ epidemic. . Happy, galley 'School reopened torday. after toeing closed .", for four weeks! The Cape Fbulwinct School; was closed, for. a fortnight; •' The' Westport School resuimed'on the lith'Sejpi;tember, but a; large number of the cjhil-* dren; are still albseiit through illness. The. Murchison "School was closed' ; for tnree weeks. ' The Hillside School was closed |-for three"'weeks. It will'be' noticed, that' ' -the epidemics have been resp6nsil>le;V|or a large number of schools' being••'tem.S pprarily closed'. The Public "Works .Department agreed to the Board's;; representations and .have allowed the. old Post PSiee building at Upper Mbutere"to 1?e 'taken over .'by the 'School ne;ed for teaniporary< Rpckville does not; now -exist,"...and .tifia; ■CQmmittee have ibeen instructed "to havei the children returned to the main,school." The Health, Inspector has reported, that, the provision of new putbuildings''at. .Motupipi is a matter of urgent ' neceaT V sity. - In connection with the Technical School site, Westppi't, I have to reppjt, ■phkt the arrears of rents are aecnmulai^ ; "ing. ' ""'■■' ".■•"','•■■-;'■.•.. j-V; • TECHNICAL l .^';';

.Director of the Nelson '■ Technical' School (Mr F. <X;Ji , Xoc^bur-h) , ,jr - e;poi'tt€4 ;: .vTlie third term of' the session cpmrnGiiced on ; vMonday, .'September 11th. Thirty; iiew . students vbav'c •enrolled' for ;this- terrapin; art, dre^ma;king, , i .-':tonlmercicili":..li^d^"'^ i : :giiieering, subjects.' In sp\te of. amount of. sickness'■; still' prevailing, "i: anv pleased to' that all. 'with' thle. ; exceptiori of the hew class f6r\carpetfter's:' apprentices and the evening class in cookV ery, are • satisfactorily attended; ( former tflass.has beeii niost "disappoint ing in its results: .ilieattendance' last few w'eeks. has.' only^: been'i^wo,' aiicii. occasionally • three/ '■■, The cookery; class 'in-■'■ the evening '• will apparently haye 'tp .fop'; abandoned.. During Tasjb terip)|her6 x were-: ;pnly two and they have:n'6\v" ijdisociitihtied. '/'■/' "■'''■ "."-,,."".""■ ;--\r;?. ; :'\:-:.': • ,The pluaiibing' class; has,"nwi'e : 'thah ot<h,er section of .the schCko£ suffered lo.ss;' by' students "leaving to ; go with tlie Ex-, peditionary Forces, but excellent work is 'being done, ' an<l. I airi anticipating ■'l?hat' there will be a display of work frpm, this department at" tive -end of the Aviiicli; will compare with the 'work 'from-' any centre, in spite, of" the finder whicjli the : class* labours^.'The gineerin'g'class is working satisfaetpriTyv Tlie evening class in cabinet'! making : is' satisfactorily and good .■■work' js. beinig done. The cdmanercial lolais"' Continues to be, as popular as eyer; .all",.she. classes are f<ull/' The art" aridi art crii/fts are well attended/ several; new students joining this term. Mahy; more students are taking carving, and.the.accominodation .is insufficient;. " The - telfe-. graphylass will,at an eattfy date, lose the services of its instructor, Mr McGregor, who is being transferred to Dnnedin. -The; average weekly attendance'at'the JJiffererit* classes is 602. ' y . . ' "". : ."-',.."--;'' ,>y \ ■Mr A. G-. Tomkies, Director .of th,e' Westpprt School,' reported ..jnyj last report, there .have been eiglit ertrol-" ments for the ; different ; classes. -J:s >,a* result of instructions received, mid, medical advice, I- closed all' classes, iat- jIW Technical School': fr.orri " August 15th, to Monday, •S.e-pterhb'er iltns; in consequence of .tjli© measles ; epidemic'}', ■The , present . a ttehtljance,- particularly > in ' the maViual ■classes, is much reduced- ais7&' result of. the above .epidemlc ? . 'whfc&Ais' still in evidence. ' ~'" \:'~. '■ . y; - •'■', ; ' : ';'" "(teft Sitting.) ', ../