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Nelson Evening Mail, 27 September 1916, Page 8

MONTHLY SHEETING. The foil owing business, in addition to. thai already reported, was transacted at yesterday's meeting of the NeLson Education Board : AiPPJ-ICATIOXS. Applications were dealt ■with as follows :—Tadmor, painting teacher's residence, Mr Smith to report ; Waingaro. alterations, etc., Meprs Baigent and 'Stjhcs to report; Addison" s, £5 for repairs, granted, with the exception of fences; Orinoco, grant for fencing, declined; Pakaw-au. house allowance for Teacher, granted, teacher's residence having ibeen conderrned; Stanley Brook, abandonment of teacher's residence, application to be made to the Government lor permission to demolish the 'building ; Puponga, conversion of porch for extrn accommodation, estimates to be obtained ; Motueka, windmill, tank, etc., report to he obtained; Tutaki, application for additional accommodation and for anothei school in the district, the secretary to inquire if householdi school will meet requirements, the Government having declined -grant for additions to present •building; ' Foxhill. renewed' application for movable partition, estimate to be obtained ; sane, conveniences, ditto: Karamea, £5 granted for firewood and cleaning 'Oparara side school: Riwaka. imsatisfactcry position of conveniences at •Brooklyn and Riwaka, Messrs Svmes and ;Bais?ent to report: ditto, repairs to fence?, declined; Richmond, erant for painting exterior of school and master'? residence, the .r.-mniittee to be informed that the painting wculdi be done as soon as prices became normal, in the meantime repairs to be carried' out. TEACEfEEiSiHIPS. Teacfr>? r shfps were dealt with as follows IC<3i'ere, sole teacher (four applications), applications to be invited : Motueka. third assistant teacher (three applications), the name of Miss Dora Hasen to be forwarded to committee; •Churchill,, .sole teacher (seven applications). names of Misses, 0. M. Emms and A. G.- Ivaider to be forwarded ; Tiiangahua Landing. sole teacher (three applications). stand over: StoJkton, sole teacher '(three applications), name of Miss Marie Mumm to b? forwarded : liHghtwater. second assistant fei<rht applications). names of Misses Hilda. V. «X>avies and Ella M. Palmer to be forwardedl ; Tophouse. household school (three applications). Miss Tere=a Gibens appointed: Awarai. households Mr Edgar "Ford appointed; Woodstock, household, I 3Ess Grace E. 'Baxter appointed. Appointment- were approved as follows:—C.ifton Terrace, sole teacher. Miss M. 'Burnside; Xe?son. Girls', junior assistant teacher. Miss H. Small; Granitv, -fourth assistant teacher, Miss M. McCnrmack. The appointment- of teacher at Waiuta sras held over. -It- was resolved to renavertise the position of sole teacher at XDovedale. . Resignations were accepted as follows: Mis- A- O- Syme=. third a?s ; Hant teacher ni .Motueka: Mi"<= M., M. Milli'ran. household teacher, Tophcuse. .rXSPBCTTCX REPORTS. Ih(* Jnspectors reported as follows on school examinations Good: Birchfield, Stockton, Progrcs-, Granitv. Riwaka. , Patisfacto-v to sood : St. Canio-'s, Millerton, T>ennisto::. .riki, Siimmer>a. iPeefton. Tndm-- ; r, \V"iraaniafoa, Fairdown. Hector. >t. Joseph' o -. Ch^ile-ton. Bl'v.'k's Point. Fern Flat. Tntaki, Sacred. Heart, St. Joseph's. Reef ton. Satisfactory : Addison's. Seddonville. Russell street (private), Capo Foulwind. !R~iwi. BlacVwater. Cronpd.un. Srx »Mile. I/ittle Grev, Serjeant's Hill, Burnett's Waitahu. Wai-uta, Globe, Gfmle^ton. Owen Junition. Epidemics of sickness on the West Coast had seriously interfered with school work. GENERAL. The report of the committee with reference to prater supply afc Wakefield was