HAWKE’S BAY EDUCATION BOARD.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 291, 21 November 1884, Page 2

HAWKE’S BAY EDUCATION BOARD.

At the last meeting of the Board in addition to the particulars already received by telegraph we learn that Mr. Locke said he had received a very lengthy letter, chiefly filled with complaints about the Inspector, from Mrs. Bilham, late of the Matawhero school. She requested him to bring it before ths Board. The Board decided to adhere to the rule to receive letters from teachers only through the local committees. A letter was received from the Te Arai Committee, being a copy of a letter forwarded to the Minister for Education, complaining of the treatment of their school by the Board. Among other things the letter stated that the Hon. Randall Johnson had given a site, and that the committee had built a school.—The Inspector stated that though Mr. Johnson had promised a site, and before his departure for England left a power of attorney to enable the land to be conveyed to the Board, the deeds had never been completed, and the Board had no title to the land. The school had been built by the master, Mr. Bolton, on condition that ho was appointed master, It was simply a speculation on his part.— No action was taken in the matter. In reply to a communication from Gisborne for home allowance the Inspector said the average attendance at Gisborne was sufficient to justify the application. The Chairman asked how other schools would be affected if the application were granted? The Inspector stated that no schools, except Napier and Gisborne, had sufficient attendance At Napier house allowance was given. At Gisborne the head-mistress received about £145 per annum, and the infant-mis’ress about £125. The normal attendance at the Gisborne schools was now as large as the attendance was at Napier when house allowance was granted. It was decided to allow £2O per annum to each mistress, to take effect from January Ist. The committee also recommended that house allowance should be given to the headmaster, the present residence being given up to the caretaker; but the Board declined to accede to that request.