TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 64, 8 March 1902, Page 2

TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

A bpecial meeting of the Board was held en Friday. Prefect: Messrs McAllura (Chairman), Wade, Allsworth, Muck>y, Kennedy, Adlam and Faull. Mi.'-'s tfeywood was granted leave of absence, AfcM- hearing a deputation consisting of Mr C)llis,Ohiirmanof the Town School Committee, nnd His Worship the Mayor, representing the Band Con test Committee, it was decided that nhe question of closing the schools 'during Bund Contest week be I*ft to the discretion of ths different committees. j Tbe matter of staffing the Centr.il and other schools according to the la'fl Gazette notice was left in the han«is of tbe Chairman and Inspector with power to net. A letrer from the Stratford Committee relative to drainage was referred to the Architect. The Kaiauai Committee applied for a grant towards tbe erection of twp shed or loose box for the convenience of the teacher ; but the Board bad no funds available for such a purpose. A committee consisting of the Chair-' man, Messis MacKav and Kennedy,' was appointed to consider tbe question of enlarging InglewooJ and Norfolk-1 road schools and to consul!; the School committee thereon. Consideration of the question of additions to Toko' school was held;ov-.r till the committsß's report was b»for« the Board. The quastion of selling the Wortl yroad school building was referred t9 the chairman with power to act, and the architect was instructed to pre-; pare plans for a new school, to be, arected on the site provided by the Schoil Commissioners. I Considerable discussion took place I over the allocation of the building grunt amounting to £1732 lis 3d, and eventually the following items were agreed to: -Architect, .£80; appwatus, £100; furniture, £100; advertising, £2O; shelter sheds, £80; painting, £250; total,£63o. Enlargements:— Salisbury-road, £SO; Cour.ney-street, £55 ; West Infants, £330 ; making altogether £1065, This will leave about £667 avai'able for all the other requirements in the whole district. The , allocation of this sum was postponed , until after the report of the special t committee with reference to ealarge- , ments at Inglewood was considered. ' An application from tbo New Ply- , mou' h Lawn Tennis Club re transfer of sections was referred to the Reserves '■ Committee. ; Mr Adlam reported on the question of a school site at Kihui. The report stated ihas Mr Knowles had offered a 1 si'e which Mr Eastock would dear, and a building would b9 erecti-d thereon if ' the Board would pay half the oist. • It was df oidtd that steps bo taken to ' secure the site, and that application be made to the Government for funds for a scho-.l f<r the Kahui district. :The Architect was instructed to prepare ( plans. ,)[>, ( The Boird adj lurnod. i .',,'■■ ■ in.