TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 24, 29 January 1915, Page 8

TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. At the ordinary meeting of the Board on Tuesday, there were present:—Messrs H. Trimble (chairman), A. M. Bradbury', F. Maekay, E. Marfell, J. Young, G. A. Adlani,

and A. H. Haleombe. Leave of absence was.granted to Messrs A. Morton and R. Masters, who are engaged in the bowling tournament. It was resolved that Mr H. G. Sergei be appointed instructor of Agriculture to the Technical College and to farmers' classes at a salary! of £350 per annum and travelling expenses, as from February Ist, 1915. Tiie Chairman reported that he hail made the following temporary appointments, all dating from February Ist:-—Miss P. Gaustad, sole teacher, Piko; Miss A. Brown, assistant, Pukeho; Miss M. Wilson, head teacher, Marco; Mrs B. Mills, head teacher, Pohokura ; Miss L. Clemow, assistant, Stratford ;■ Miss G. D. Shaw, sole teacher, Dudley; Miss C. Robertson, sole teacher, Tahora ; Miss J, Wallash, sole teacher, Musker's; Miss L. Williams, assistant, Central; Miss C. Lau, assistant, Tuna. On the recommendation of the Technical director, it was decided to grant John Cartwright free tuition for the year 19.15 at the New Plymouth Technical College. In pursuance of his recommendation, the Technical director was authorised to expend the sum of £2O on clerical assistance, this sum to be distributed among the senior scholars in return for work done.

As to the method to be adopted in giving publicity to the Board's- requirements in filling vacancies, the Chief Inspector (Mr Ballantyne) said lie had gone carefully into the matter of advertising as against circularising, and considered that the former had immense advantages. Circulars might not reach all the teachers, and, moreover, advertisements might induce outside teachers to apply and so introduce new blood into the district, many of the lower schools in which were now filled by inexperienced teachers.

It was finally resolved that the report should be adopted. Mr R. Masters reported that, he had been successful in getting Mr R. Todd to sell three acres of his land for school purposes at £25 per acre, and had also disposed of the existing site of ten acres at £lO per acre to Mr A. J. Stockley, of Kiore. As these were the conditions on which the Department had agreed to make a grant for the school, and as the children were at present being ✓educated in a very old shearing shed, he hoped the Board would use their best etideavors to impress on the Department the urgency of this particular case. He also pointed out that the road from the station was ari unnietalle'd one, and if the matter was allowed to stand over until winter, the' cost of erection would be increased. 1 --The report was adopted. Mr 11, Masters reported that he had visited Puniwhakau and met the commissioners 'and also the lessees of the school grounds. It was agreed that the school should take two acres and leave the lessee eight acres. He recommended that the Board should bear the cost of a dividing fence. — The report was adopted.

The overseer (Mr C. H. Moore) reported that the new additions at the Bud school were about completed, and that everything would be ready i'or the' opening next week. The hew floor iii the infants' school at Stratford and general repairs at the Technical School had been attended to. A tank had been fixed at the Badnor temporary .school.—lt was resolved to ask the Warea School Committee to endeavor to arrange for the use of the Hall during the time the school is being enlarged. The following matters were referred to the overseer: Supply of new desks at Bird; pipes at Stratford, and new blinds at Waitara, the latter, ' if necessary; report on drainage of Whangamomona school grounds; fencing at Denbigh horse paddock; repairs at Pohokura.

' The Education Department notified that out of the vote for special grants for school buildings, grants had been made as follows: Mokahau, now school, £250; Warea, additions, £240. Mr J. Christensen was appointed to the vacancy on the Ackland School Committee, caused by the resignation of Mr A. Agent. Leave of absence was granted to Miss A. C. Wilson, head teacher at JVlarco; Miss 1). Simpson, assistant at I'ukeho; Miss M. Jones, assistant in the Board's office.

resignations were accepted as follows : Miss J. Kerrisk, sole teacher at Muskers; Miss G. Baily, assistant at Huirangi; Miss M. Vickers, assistant at Central ; Miss M. Jones, assistant at the Board's office. It was resolved that the schools in the Taranaki Education District should remain in the same wards for the year 1915, as in 191!, and that the Wairtui School be placed in the North ward.

The Education Department notified that the Minister regretted that there was no immediate prospect of dealing \v ; tli the large number of applications for expenditure on teachers' residences now before the Department. It was resolved to call applications for the position of assistant at the Board's office. The Department notified that it could not undertake to supply a second flap to any school except on payment of cost.