TOWN SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 105, 21 May 1901, Page 2

TOWN SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The Committee met on Monday night. Pre u etit: Messrs Collis (Chairman), Murray. P. White, Gaukrodger, X. White. Hook'r, F. Bellringer. ' The Chairman reported the re-lilt of the meeting of the deputation fr.'m tie Committee with the Education Board, as has already been lvport-d.

The South road school shelter shed was discussed. The Chairman i-aid tbat with the suHtfdj from the Elucation Board about £25 would be available for the work. The Architect hid suggested that if this could be doubled a useful shod could bi erected. Finally it was decided to let the matter of a ft nee go for tho presoot, and thit the Chiirman see the Architect as t < w hat kind of shed c uld be put up fir £25.

The Education Board notified thit £49 9s 9,1 had been paid Jo the credit of tie Committee. The Chairman said that as this would be the 1 <st payment under the whole fystem, he woul I suggest that a balance sluot should te |r»>par. d, showing what would bit paja le to the Committee under the l evv lja-.it-of cipit-ition grants and tlm amount which the Committee wruld 1 avo to pay during tie year iu maintenai.ee. Mr. Dempsky'd report on tin Central Sjhool fjr tho pist mon h was read. Average attendance hid been 483 6, out of a roll number of 548. He drew attention to the need for a po'e for thu flag to bo presented by the Government.

It was teeolved to have a pole eree'ed on t Central Scho >1 tower, under the 6upei vision of the Board's Archi'ec , aud subject to the approval of the Board ; and it was also resolved to ask the Board to pay cost of erection. Mrs. Dowlirg leported that the South read attendance averaged 127*7 out of a total roll number of 138.

Tl.e Visiting Committee rep rt d on thi condition of the Central and South roid kciixlj. It was sugges'ed tl'a \ eH'o: ts should be msde to get a small shelter-shed erected at the Courteniystreet School. The Central School staffl had signified its willingness to assist in I mch a project. it was decided to accept an offur from Mr. Deonpsey to advance XlO towards tbe cost of the shed, atd that the Commit,tea apply to the BrarJ for a subsidy, and proceed at once wit.h tbe work, and that steps be immauiatily taken to get up a cjtcei t in nid of the funds. Messrs. Murray, P. Whi o, Ho ker, and were appointed a eub-sjinmittee to furlLer these fi'opo al-i. Oxi the s'iggestior. of Mr. Bel'rirger, ir. was resilved to ask the beadmttt r to give the Committee sjme report on tl.e work doao by thecadats, .swelis tlio ordinary woik.

It was decided to write (o the EHi cation Biard expressing th.iaks f r tie way in which the matter o f thbDttrict High School was treateJ. Tenders will be callei for the 8 ipply of «-ood fur the next ye>r. The nex'. m eting of the 0 mmittewill be held on the fourth Monday iu June. j

Af ers me desultory conver. ation on the subject of sewing, the following rtsolu'ion wa* passed, mid will be forwaidad to the Elucatitn li ard - "That, in view if t'e unsati-fa::to'y sya'em of examining so*i' g, the Comuiittie makes a recun.mei dali n in i lie direction of paid txjert t-xuruiiv rs."

| Several othci matt; is wu edis 'usse', [aud it was dec : ded tp send a mti. eto the fceidm tft.u' of the C ntr 1 schiil diawing a'.tention to the fact that ins anc s had oru r d of teach »s curtailing ptipi s' lit'ichto'i I o ir in punirhnien', ntid a'so that li'mi lets ns w*ri< given in s mo esse ntrary t> dicc-j tions 1 .id down by hims If and tlv j Con mittee,

It was re ; olv d, rn the mo im of Mr. Honker, seconded by Mr. Guikrodger, to Swnd a letter of tlai.ks to Mr. Edwaid Okey for his lo ig service as a member cf the Committee.