EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 119, 13 June 1901, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD.

Ihe Board met en Wednesday. Present : Mr. McAllum (Ghtiiman), Miss Heywood, Messrs. £ iL an, Wade, Ailsworlh, Mackay, Kennedy, Faull, and Hieuett.

Mr. Kennedy asked the Architect if ha had the chimneys at iNgftiie. Tee Coirmi'.tae had pointed Icut to lim that the chimntys in both retool and residence were-in a daDg er _ ous condition.—The Architect was i„. structed to inspect ni.d attend to the i mat er,

Th;i Tuiutawi (Jommitee wrot9 Baking frra cupboaid for the nsi'le' ce.— The Board dees nut tupply th.'F e cupoards.

The Pohokura Commit*ee asked for the entrance and gate of tin school tjrotifeds to be put in order, and al«o pointed out the used for a le.ichei's rvsidviice. The teacher, Miss Maiian Cooper, also wrote that present cooditioßS of living wwro inimical to health, bub tint with some kir.d of residenc-j provide! she hoped to be able t3 continue permanently at the school. sary ironwork for git e will bo provided, and th>j commit' ee is expend to dear the school site; and •wth rega; d t > the residence th* l matter w.ll be cont-ideied when the Bmrd is in funds, maatimo-the teacher will be allowed I'Ou e alLwatce.

Mr. Mack iv suggested that a cipy <sf ilits O opei's le'tei be sent to the Department, rs it would give a really go iidmi of the requii enu nts in n-<wly-si.ttled uis riots.

The ftatHj.iko Comrr.iU e j also wrote asking f >r a r.side.-c.! for tho t.acher. At piwent the lyncher - a man with six child'en—was living in three rooms a'tachrd to the fcliojl, a> d it was r-oi ted out that !hi ro ins were all m l' and unfit for prison 1 ; rcquirem n'g. —A copy of • hi< la'ter will be fonv to tt e Dep- with a no'Tic.tion that tKe Bo.rd has no funds, and also thit tho t achor had be' n info med of the s'r.ti of the building before lie »c. opted tho ppsition. The Commit'e* fo warded a >e_qu«st for x rontribu'ion for a she'tar shed.—Subsidy gr. nt'd, not to excfed £5.

The P«tzroy Comm'tte) forwarded a similar application Subsidy granted, not to exc> ed £l2.

The Puk«aruhe Commissioner wrote asking why no official notification of ths aceptr nc© of Mrs O'iv t'h resignation had beeo Attention was also drawn to the fact th xt no successor h.d been appointed, and that four addition! fhjidren ve.e now ready to attend. Sbme supp ieg were also required for the school,-Request for supplies acq ded to,— first portion of latter attended to, M : ss Bronnan having gone to the sehoul, Tho Tataraimaka and MUhirst, Committees wrote that they had granted ohildren attending those schools a half-hour midday recOSB during winter mon!.l.s, so that they could dismiss accordingly early in the afternoon. —Approved, but, Tataraimaka's attention is drawn to the Board's regulation on the subject, Mr Blizzard, Kapong*, wrote offering to 1. &«e the Educafcou reserve held by him for another term.- Accepted!.

The Borough Council notified its consent to the exchange of eectioa 1014 beii'g yiven as Hn exclunge (t'o • a site for a Technical School) for the part of R'se ve E now leased by the Council, | subject to pirt E being vested in the Cou-.cil for baths and recreUion, — The Chaiiman sud hj« thought the Council was a progressive ono, bu'. her.i it wis apparently ecting a* if the Board was trying to "get at" the Count.il in some wuy. Fe contrasted it with tha option of the Palmers' on North Council. The Tech"* uic'il Schi ol could not be pu; up on a quart r of an aer ', and nothing," therefore, could ba don>,- Mr Hignatt also spoke. If New Plymouth was so averse to giving a suitabb site, the B-atd should rsk some if the other towns if they bad a suitable site. —Mr. Allsworth agreed with the Chairman's and Mr Hign<?tt'a remarks. He was disappo'n'ed at tha Cjuncil's actioD. It would now ba necatsary to see if a sito could be obtained elsewhere in New Plymouth, or in some other centra The puit.ablene sof the site had been pointed out, bu k , the Council seemed determined ti hand the ground ov >r for football purpose", apparently placng th it gim.i education. He moved that the le'tet- be forwarded to the Finance Committee for their consideration. - Mr McAl'um seconded. —Mr F .ull Siid he had spoken to some of the Councillors pretly strongly on • hem-ject. Th Council had obt lined concessions from the education bodies in reference to the E receive, but now it wai asked to meet the Board it, wool! not do so.—Mr Mackay urged] the claims oF Stratford to a echool. The Govrnment exp-rt stated a technical i lass sh uld. be establithed there. —M>- Wnd« snd he agreed 'hat if New Plymouth Council would not give any the Board should see wheie ehe a s : 'e could be obtained.—Mr AVswor h poin'ed out io reply that it was never intended to localise educational interests in New Plymouth, hut «s this wss the h?adqua>ters of the Board it was consid-red the technical schools chould be first established here. Ths motion w»s carried. T'.ie Bo -rd's solicitors wrote in reference ofche title of sec'bn 867, Gills' roet, New Plymouth. The Resßrvos Committo-e reported on this subj c*, the above le ter baiog t hn outcome of an application made to them for a of the Und.— Messrs Faull and Alls«oAh explained thy difficulties that had b<en experienced owing to eome misunderstandings in the years fcone by. v The Board did not p s-es-s titles to a lot of r< s»rves ■■upp-s-d to' b' long to it.—Th i Comrepo>t was adop'ed. The Solicitors als > wroto in re'erence to 1022 end 1023. A n»sw survey will be made by tho Lands Dep rtmen t ', after which a Crown grant will be issued.

Tke S'firiley roid Commit'ee wrote in reference to exchange of teachers The iff er w«sc >nsidmid in coiumitteff, and it was decided to ref<r it to the Infpec'or. M. Shaw, assistant te'eher at Okato, wroto reigning her p sitio". Acceptoi, us from 31st July, Ihe Kent Koa i Committee wrote recommending Mi ss E. Reeves as teach r f 0" Albeit lti«d, and Mica A. Lidd e for the Uppet' Mmgorei schools. —Approved, The lioard rpp-int-d Miss J. M. Hr«t.nan teicher at Puk am he as frjm 12r,h Juno.

Th • L pperton c mmittes requeue i to be allowed to k«p the srh :ol opeo du ing tho raid-win er hi lidays. owins 'o the fut that i'i ha-t boi-u c'oset fo some time on a'coun 1 ; of si ktiess-Gia-'ted, fubj ct tj the teachers coo smtiag.

The sewing teachir a*; Huiakama wro'te in reference to the report on the tewing report, exp'aining bow she had

\ tj cany on the work.—Acknowledged. The Stratford Committee wrote re captation, asking the Board to reconsider its decision in regard to the grant allowed to tbe committee, Exjansis absorbed X 93, and this could not be met with the present allowance c t £9o.—Mr. A lie worth pointed out tbat the school was receiving 4a 6d per head for all the High School pupils, »nd as tho.ia increased so would the revenu?. The Board must put the capitation at all the schools on the same footing, The Wanganui Board cut down the allowance to committers and gave the teachers the benefit.] The committee? here should see that if they are to receive more the teacberc would have to go with less. They must make up their incomes by concerts, otc. The Board only had a certain sum to provide for aU payments.— Mr.. Wade moved that tho Board cannot increase grants to committees, — ' Seronded by _Mr. Faull, and carried. The request of tbe Stratford Ocmiflite in regai d to window blinds was refe>red to the Inspector for his report. The Harbour Boatd wrote that it •vas prepar d when buildirg offic s to give th i E luc-ation Bard the first refusal of effices.

The Department notified that a grant or 20 model rifles would be made in f ivour of the Opunake Mounted Cade's.

The Dep'irtmunt wro'e in reply to the Board's commuoic\t:on re fete tuition, and s'.ntnd it would be considered with the 'general question of providing secondary educition for pub'ic school children, A circular letter from the British Meiicsl Association in nfeience tj diseases of children was read. Ths Tobo committee forwarded an invitation to the Boird to attond a picnic on 18th June, in cennection with the R>yal visit.—Acknowledged with thanks.

Dr. Valentine's report on the sanitary condition of the liepperton school was iead,—Copiei will be forwarded to the Architect oa his report, and to the Lepperton Committee. The Departmant forwarded & let'er from the Wh Committee re a grant for fencing purpose?, and which iiad been received thiough the rr.emher for the dibtrict.—Held over,

A petition was forwarded by the Toko Committee asking for the removal of the school, and giving a list of amounts res'den's were w.lling <o place at the Board's di»powl, totalling XBU 2s, to assist in the work.

The Secretary was instrue'ed tot-ke s eps to have a Committee elected for Kent road sohcol.

Letters in connection with the Pembroke rotd Baboo' and Committee were considered in Committee, and referred .0 the Committee.

Mr. Mackiy brought on his motion in terms of notice given last mee'.iag, ito lescind the r. solution passed on 127 th November, 1900, deoidiog to take co action ta shift the Tjko scho 1. - Mr. Kennedy see <>ni)ed. The Bjaid should agri e to the expresfel wish of .thelarge number of p.iopla by whom the Commit'e* were eleo ed. They wortwilling to assist themselves to a large extent.—Mr. Faull saidthe reasons advanced in the pe'iiion did no*; stem to him to ba suflki nt to induce the Board to shift; the school.—Mr. - Wade and Mr. Adlam opposed the resolution —Mr. Masbay said he was astonished at the Boar l refusing to resciud the motion. It looked as if the members were afraid to faca the rau-ic. Th< question of shifting the sohool w«s under consideration. All he wanted was to have the mitter opened up, so that ho coi'ld then biing tip the qucnt:on of ramov'rg thi school i i p-c pe form.-The motion was put i.n't lest on division. Ayes : Mi's Hey Tool. Ilea9i s Muckay, Kennedy and Hignet' ; Noes: Messrs Adlam, Wade, Ailsworih, b':<ull and MeAU >m

Accounts totalling .£9Bl 10s Id werpassed. The matter of arranging for a 'ember at Purangi was ref md to the Obairman with power te act. Ohar'es Morgan, a pupil of tfce Kai mala echool, wa« recommended for free tuition at the High School at Stratford. —Grant'd.

Mrs. Dougherty, Rahotu, wrote ir in refenence to th<s legality <f thi election of the School Committee. — Held over.

An application from the headmaster of the Central School to give the pupil teachers a week's holiday of'er the exam'lfttion wag granted.

An explanation by the Inspector in rfg ,'d to a ch'irga madt) agiin«t h'm by tb(> 0-cato Oommifctee was acc pted, and a c >py will be f rwarded to thi Com'nit-<e,

It was retolved to request the W.'.ihi sclool teacher to oxp'aiu an inaccuracy in his report furnished to the Truant Inspector. A boy at the District High S.-ho 1, Stratford, was reported for in-übudin-ation, and it was resolved that he be re-admittcd on apologising to the bead umfer; but that any future oO'euc* will entail expulsion. The Boir.l adjourned.