TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 97, 9 May 1901, Page 2

TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

The Board m*t on Wednes lay. Present: Mr. McAlium (f.hairmati), Miss Heywr.od, Mess:s. Higattt, Faull, Kennedy. Mackay, aJlswortli, Wado and AJlam. Th:) Architect's roport ms read. Tenders were being called for a suhoo! and residnnce for Durham Roid, and fresh tenders would bo laid on thr table atiuxli inee'.ing for the erection of a school at Polvkuri. Mr. Higne! t i rought up the need for frosting the windo ■■ s of the Uruti School, and (ho mitter was refer;oi to the Inspector for his report. It wa"i !C:olvod that tho Architect be instructed to a'jt'. nd to the chimneys at tlio Stanl"y Road and lariki Road Schools, and to have the range s;t isj She Tikorangi school residence. The Ui-cnni Committee are to be in formSd that the Bond has no funds to carry out the additions to the teacher's residence. Some discussion tcok place in referei ce to the calling of tenders for the Pohokuiu school, but no acti n waitakeu.

Tho Chairman's action in requesting Dr. Valintine, Public Health Officer, to visit and report on the sanitary condition of the Lopperton school, and in appointing Miss Lidole temporary teacher at Upper Mangorei, was confirmed.

The Ssanlcy Road Committee wr>to asking that steps be taken to provido a teacher's residence, and requesting infotmation re reserve.—Matter of residence placed on list oE urgent works, and the Crmrnittae were rifer* ed to the Board's regulations in ngard to the reserve.

A letter from the Tututawa Oommiltea re fencing was referred to Mr, Kennedy, with power to act. Miss O'BrieVs resignation as tescher at Pukoarube school was accepted, as from 31st May, and the Chairman waempowered to arrange for a successor. The Inspector's recommendation that the pup'l teachers' examinations commence on 17th June, and mid-winter holidays o.i Friday, 21st June, and rerpen on Monday morning, Ist July, 1901, wasagread to. A request of the Egmonfc VilUgtSchool Committee that the recess be reduce! to holfan hour and the child- «n dismissed at 3 p.m , was granted. Tho E luaation Department wroti io reference to tha aesambliog of child sn to rec ivo the telegraphed message on the landing of the Royal Party in New Z aland.—lf, was re=o!ved to .'orward copies of the circular to each committee in the district. The Eg«,ont Village Committee wrote thanking the Bond for a-sh'arcf given. Mr. W. Crow, late Commiss-ioner for Lipperton School, wrote notifying tha* a committee had been elected and thanking the Board for attention to I his representations during his t n rm of office. Mr. Chas. E. Mackay and Mr. J. T. I Campbell wrote rccptine appintments I as examiners for seuolaiships and pupi l I respectively.

The action o? Ihe Tahnra Oommit- [ tea inclining their school foo a week ; on Recount of influenza, was confirmed. The report of the Sawing Committee was considered in committee and was ! as follows :—An examination of rowing I w-s held en 25: h April, 1901, Of the i 25 school 1? examine 1 »t this'imi of the ■ year, one fcoool (Ritapiko, which id closed) did not seni in work, Of the 24 examined, 13 lnve received the ' S'line reports r»s last yeir, tinea slightly . inferior reports, and eij;hfc better roi porti.. On tho whole, therefore, tho 1 results may bo takan as sxtisfic'oty, ; and it is gratifying to find that in fo ! many schooli a distinet advance Las , bsen made. Toe darning, which shows i considerable improvement, was throughout good. The Committse hive much pleasure in commending very hig'My the tpacher of the Kaiauai school for 1 . the consistently creditable wu-k her pupils havo forwarded yo.ir by year. For the four Kst examinations 'eports have never been 'ower thin " v ery good," and the two hs k , have b"en " excellent." In addition to trugarment required from hcrowns f andard each child sent in Foveral specimens showing all the different stitcho*. Tho work was excellently arranged for examina'ion; whs beautifully clean, and was finished with great neatue. ; s. Tl e sewing teachers at the Dudley road and Urenui schools also merit c'ramend*tion for the uniformly good work si.nt in for a nnmb-r of years. In the following cases teachers are entitled t/i bonuse? as pe;' Regulation 42:—Tasiki: Misa Pearce, 24 pupils, £% A change in the asus'antship has recently tak< n place, but tbe good work is so obviously that of the lat 1 ) nssistuit that we do 'not recommend any division of the bonus, At ths Fame time we commend tho present assistant for tl e manner in which she has earned out hrr dut.ie-. Midliirst: Miss Reed, 39 pupils, .£3. Kaiauai: Miss Piggford, 21 pupils, .£2. The following is tho list of tcho >ls i x~ amincd : Wa'hi, poir; Tarat-*, fair; Hiiirangi, very Rood ; Huiakima, voi-y /pnor; E'tham ro-sd, fair ; Wmva, vu-y f"ir; Kaimata, fair; Taiiki, gond ; Midhirst, gool; Pembroke road, good ; Salisbury ro.-id fair; Maho3, fair; Toko, fair; RatapiLo, no work sent in ; Upper Mangorci, fair ; Pukearuhe, fair; Uietiui, very good; Waiononn-i, fair; Dudlv road, vi>ry gcol; Ka ; auai, excdlniit ; fluiioa, fai"- ; O.tonui, fair; .Durham road, ffciv ; Uruti, fair.

It has bo in tha practice of the eotn- ' mitti-e to oxa*niii3 the work of 25 [ syho:ls in April and tho remainder in , Ojtobor of e;;ch yo ,r, Some time ag.) i tho Inspector proposed to thn commits e 'iau of this sys : ein,'md sugthat tije seeing should he sjn' j I in !.t tho in,,ne timo ths;t owlinary exilrimit ations of thn schools take pluce. 'j'J'rio work cjuld then Lo goto through ( :\t tho end of cch Tho In-' | spec'or is of opinion that tlr's would Sko-p I ho yewiiig a'.d othor s hool sub-J jj-'-fts more on thn same footing, f-ndj . | wM'.hl m.'ike t l- o swb.'-ol ye.r fo,- sowing ■jt.he saw. au in other iubj»cti?. Tht : | i\iPinl or.-, of the ciumiUuf?, afVr conration-, are ail w'U'iig to fall in wiih i" ')is vio' - P, a.'d, with the coasei.t; of t-i Board, the oliango could be made at; he and of the present yuor.— [Jissic ileywood, Oaiolisje McKtllar, J Emma Hutchin on, Annie Hempton, [Mary Cornwall; 26th April, 1901. * A special report dealing with two

sclr.o's that had received unsatisfactory lepo.ts was att'.cScd. The report w s adop'ed, and a votf o? thinks accorded to tho ladies of the 'Sowing Committee, and a copy of thtSewing Oomraitt o'a report will be for warded to tho t=ac!.e a at the Huiakaraa and Wailu s. liojls. Tho Finance Committee's report was re id as fo'.lo.vrf : -On the su .'gjstioa of the Audit Inspector, your Commitee recommend that tho Board's as.oun' at tho Bank of New Z aland be kept under the headings and " building " respectively in future ; and they further recommend that the Pjfrt Office Savings Bank account b' cV-ssc', aud the amount £§ 13s 7d, be transfered to the general funi ; and r.liat i.:st ad of carrying th n entry of 15s 9d (Mr. Vexlo's account) forward year by year, a cross entry be nude a 1 suggested by the Audit Inspector, t) wipe the amount off. The Committee beg re r e r euce to enclosed memoranda which havdbeen ptvpired as a basis to work upon, and report that they have conferred with the High School Board of Governors on tho subjects named (manu'J and technical iostruct'on). With leffrance to frea pupils, the i Board of Governors agreed to join with the Education Board in approrobing . the Government to ascertain if fre= pupi's r. ferred to in the circular from • the Education Department, d»t?d 8;h . January, 1901, can be ad nittcd to the New Plymouth High School. With , respect to the question of allocating , the £ 100 grant, th 3 Board of Governors . requests time to consider the pro- . posals of the E 'uciUon Board. Re- ( fen in.:; to clause 3 (kindergarten and 3 cookery), Hie Board of Governors de--3 flgjfe to obt.in further information with regard to the question of eooiery before . arriving at a defini'.e decision. The , Board of Governors have appointed b 0 .mrait' of three members to join r with a fimilar Oommitt e from the a Eduction Boa-d to wait upon the „ Borough Council on Monday next with •the o-■]■«••* of acquiring the site known i a* <c poverty F at." The rrport was adopted, and a vote i- of thanks acvo-ded to th<> meiribers. Accouo(sarnount : ngto j£26 lis 2d , were p is-od.

Mr. Higre'.t brought up a motion, t standing io his name from last meets ing, as fnl'ows : That string; rapresenii triors be maie to the Education Department ( f the total inadequacy of u the annual building grant to meet the n urgent requirements of tha Taranaki n dis'rict; that the Secretaiy be instrucv tad to prepare a statement showing the ft urgent mtds of the distric'i with rese pect to (1) uew schools, (2) extensions and removal of existing buildings, (3) G nur raeidonces for teachers, (4) paint- = in/> and repairs, et<\ ; and that the statement be forwarded tq t L e Elucaj, tion Dep.irtmint, with a prising mt. qui-st fir such additional funds as may ft ba c-n.idered neorsswy by the Board 0 in oido" to tfficient'y carry out exist,f ing requirement*.

In moving the resolution Mr. Higr:e' t s iid he had done so owing to the difficulty exp»riencei by the Board in m eting the requirements for schools and residences throughout the district, and instanced Durham-road, where tho settlers had done a great deal to help themselves by building a school to start with, Now they were entitled w> hotter accommodation, and tin Board was Vari pmhed to provide it. Ho con'end 'd it w, uld be much better and cheaper to erect residences at, tbe tim-3 schools were built. As to painting, ho said no private person would allow his buildings to go for three or four years w'thout a new coat of paint, and the Boar! should not do so. The Board should mako a spec ; al effort to pi ice the mittor before Government. T.vanaki hid a reputation for its moderate demands, and this reputition bought to aid the Board in getting some consideration now.

Mr. Wade s'conded the motion, and said ho felt ashamed of a system under which th"> Boird had to borrow monoy from a teacher in odor to build a resi-

dence Members: No. Ths Ch.irman : Tint man offered to build and let tho Biard take tho house over when he left. Mr. Wade : Well, I ell that borrowjing. Cont ; nuing, he referred to a teacher having to wa'k a bn? distance 'o fchool, through there being no suitable lodgiugs tear r.t hand. He ref> rred also to the difficulties in the provision ' f ranges, and slid the Board should b> able to put up residences properly fittod up, a L , the ontset. The oidy way to gi.t the funds for this purpose was to bring the whole matter proper!/ bsf re the Ministr-r.

Mr, Faull agreed with the spirit of the mo-ion, but ho could not agree about tho " disgrace." The Board had to cir.y on the business as best it coti'd.

Mr. Adlara akosupp^rted the motion, Mr. Wade explained that he me3nt it w.'s a " disgrace " to the system, not tho Roaid.

Mi'. Mackay objected to tho first clause (f the motion, as tho Minister might take it r.s a slur. If there whs ona Minister, he snid, who had worked well in tho interests of education, and givon Taianaki it was tho Hon. W. 0. Walker, who lwd aided inj <:e tin« the dis'-.iict a be'.ter building arar.t than it had before. Wif.h the tost of thimotion ho cordia'ly agreed. Mr. H'gnptt agrred to delete the word •' total " in the fiwt piragraph, and on t-ha*i condition Mr. Allsvrorth supportol the motion, and sp-taof the ?ood work doee by tho Minister. While agreeing that residences wero necessary in ma)iy insVvces, he thought tho first duty of (he Hoard was to provido schools. Willi its lesfjiic'ed I'Hvenuo tho erection of a residence might of'on rob a struggling net'shhourdistrict of a school. Residence:-*, when pnt up, woro fr-quontly let or left unoccupied. Tho motiop, as amended, was then

2zv, ied, Tho Chairman and Messis Allsworth i!id llignett wore appointed a Committee to ac'' with tho High School I'oard of Govovnois in approrotiiig the Wo.-ouali Ooii"cil in refcrerce to the Poverty Fl ,t. site. The. Board adjourrcl.