EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 125, 28 May 1903, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD.

The Boad met on Wednesday. Present : -Mr E. 0. Allswcrth (crnirman), Mis Dougherty, Mefsra Adlam, McDjnnld, Wade, Mackay, Taylor, Paul), and Morton. Tho Architect reported that fresh pkn-i had been prepa'ed for additions t> Taiik', ar.d that Messrs Boh.'s tender had ben accep erf. Tenders had be m c I'eJ for a fchool building at Kuapuh-. Kepais had been attended to at U| pr and Lower Msngorei, Received. Trie Board went into Commitse lo consider a cumb:r of examination and in-p ction repo:ts submitted by the Inspectors. Is was d cided that Mr H-enan's hst mon'h'd si'ary be withheld until the a>chine; reports tbat the lesid.nc is in a siiisfactoty conrit : OD, as requ'i\d by the Bo rd'e regulations. The D.-nbigh Road Oommittae wrot relative to the school roof, - R iferred '.o the Onaiiman, with power to act. • The Chairman reported that the D ■■.- pr ment had notified a grant of ,£4OO for the erfc'.ion of Ruaputn School. Oa the r'eimmondttion of the Committee he hal app inted Mr Maginnes« headmaster of Opunake School. Misc K ed had b en granted leave of f'um luglewool owing to her mother's lllno*.- 1 , Msj Ri'ey b6t'ng appoin'ed t>. mporarily in her place. Mies Posrce had been appoin'ei assistant a3 Wai-tara.-Adopt d, Messrs Mor - oD,Wade, and ihe Uhairmm bio? appointed a ccmmit k ee to open teade s for Rua puha School, Several appl'c it ions for repairs, painting, etc., wera referred, to the Financs Cornmi t. e to report on. The WaiUra commi tse wroto en closing a communication from Dr Vulintine, of the Health D pirtme it, forwarding aopyorluspectorSchauevV report on the sanitary cocdiii m of the Wai ara School, They asked the Board's immediate and eerkus consideration to the inspector's re omm°n r fations, [t was resolved that a copy (f the Health Officer's report be sent to the Department with an intimation that theßnrd bad no funds to effect the improvements nee ssary at Waitu-a fc'chool, avd pointing out that no doubt o hersiihoolsunderth*juris licti nof th Board were similarly situated. The cooamittea are to be info;m:d trut the supeivisi'-n of the lavatoriis and dis posxl of n ; ght sail were matters with ; n their prov nee. Applies ions for promised suostdiei to the West End, War.a, and Waitui School i were aceedfd to. Missß>bh's apple,tion Lr travelling expeases was granted. ommitt;e applied for a g ant towards the school library. —No fuod<. Stratford committee applied for grant towards wood shed.—No hinds. Th j Tik .rangi Oommifcte3 wro'e, forwarding r.cciunt for fencing. They are to be informed the mat er is in Mr Faull's hand'. Meesw. H. E. Vaughan and R. Tate were appointed members of the Waitan Committee, and .Messrs Sutherhnd and Finish wera appoiatsd !o th) Inglewo d Committee, Th 9 following resignations wer3 accepted : Miss Simpson, assis'anfc at Opunike; Mr Bird of Lincoln Ria'i, Mrs B'rkott of Huirop, and Mr Clark of Toko.— The usual steps are to bj taken to fill the vacancies. Lave was gwen to the Egmoat Vilhgc, Omtfa, Oia'o, and Toogaporu'u Comaiitte s to red'JCJ the raidday recess by balf-an-hour and ebse th) school at 3 p.m. du ing tho winter. The action cf the Whangamomona, Pibama, Opinake, Huiakama, and Tahora Cjmmitties in closing th ir schools osing to ticknsss was confirmfd. Corr from the committee and teacher of Nguriki and Kihui Schools wis read und raferrad to Mrs Dougherty and Mr Adlam to report upon. A letter from the New Plymouth Committee with reference to an alteration of holid iys wis referred to th 1 * Inspector to report upon. A. letter wasread from the Tututawa Committee seating that the minute book hid not been handed over by the late chii-m ri.—Ac->py is to bs sent to the lata chairmin wioh a requeai that he attend to the matter. An applioition by the TutuViwa Committee for permission to graze siock oa the scho.d ground was dealt with.

Consent was given to a transfer of section 22, block 14, Oapo, from J. • Rothevy to H. A. Mills on u-ual term-. 1 A latter from Messrs Wil-oa and • Grey relative to a deviation of HiH--1 road was refjrr<;d to the Rjserves C>m ' mittee to report upon. I It was decided that owing to the ' tenders for eeetion 7, block 7, Mimi, 1 taing informil fresh teed r$ be invited to close at next meeting. > An application for transferor section 15, block 16, Waitara, from Mr Johnson to Mr Heal was referred to th' Reserves Committee withjnwer to act. Th) Committee appointed tj inquire int> thi enlargement of Tariki Suhool reported having called for tenders for amen lad plies and had accsptel Bjod tiros, tender of £333. They further reported that the archi'ect had call id attention to the fact that the conditioas of contacts were now those supplied by tha Master Builder.' Asuooio.- 1 ihn. lifter a long discussion tb.9O.lnmhtee had decided the matter shou'd b) reported to ths Board, as thiy wore uninim>us tint the conditions under which the Boird's wjrk was let should b) th>Bi approved an! adopted by the B;ard. They instruct d the secretary to write to th 3 Governmmt and the other Boirds for a copy of the con litioos under whioh their buildings are er.oted, Th) rep )rt was adopted and tin ques tion of conditions of oniric' referred back to (In committee to report upon. Tin I'm int lospootor wrots, asking for a supply of non-attendance no ic s s priit'din Maori, and to authorise bim to engage the services of an interpreter whin bringing Native cases before the Oo art. S in 1 disca sun ensued, in whi:h it wts pointed .ut that greit care should be ex-reisid over compelling the at tenlance of Nai-o children. It was eveatu-il'y dec : dod tosubmit the T u int OiEcsr's r. quest to ihe Department. I; was decided to chse the schools for the m : d vinter recess on June 19oh, reopirijog on Moadiy, July 6th. The H)\eo na Committee reported that five applications bad bean rec.ived for tho v cincy at Fitzroy, t*o for Upunik', and none dth;rfjr Oaonui or Omiti. Af.er cirefulconsideratlm of an app'iaition by a teacher (who had only occupied her pres?nfc position for a dh/rttime)tobejomeacandidataforFitz : rov, thoy hid daci!el not to acoode to the reqmst. Taey hal, however, ' permission to another candidate to ap 1 ply, as whau sae accepted her presen (] appoiutment sh.e was lei to expect a .

s kry of .£lO7 and house allowance, but owirjg to the attendance not coming up to expcc'at : ons of the settle's, there would be a material reduc'ion in the silaiy and no house allowance. They recocometded the fo lowing mines be for worded:— To Optimise: Missrs Mary Loudon E2 and E. Lucas D 4. To Fi'zroy: Mitses Olive Cre'swell D 4, Hilda McKet'Z e E, Mary Loudon and E. Luca=. As regitds Omita and Oaonui, they recommended the Chairman be empowered to make tr.e best temporary arrangemtnts he could.— Adopted.

The Committee appointed to inquire into tho application for a school at Kina-roid were grin ted an extension of time for their report. The Res rve s .0. maiittee were empowered to in=p;ct, when necessary, • ni fix i >ne and upset rentals in he cas i cf 'he unlet R a rves.

Mr Taylor strongly urged that a fresh effort should be made to obtain a grant from the Depart meet for a school on the Brewer-rod, f.s the papulation thare had mat rally increased, and a school was an urgent nee J. It was decided to ag'.iu bring the matter before (}he D.parfctnent. A report fr m the Reserves Committee was read snd adop'ed. Steps are to be takea to lease un'et sections and collect all rmts. It was decided that hous.holders m-etings be a°a n called for tho e'ec ion of ccmni-.tees at Eltlnm-road, Huirangi, Pukea-uhe, Rowan-road,, Tarats, and any o'r.or district that whs uoable to elect a commit ee at the anr.ua! mooting of hou-eholdore.

The action of the Toko, loglewood, Denb'ghroad, and Waicara Committees, in filling up vacancies on iheir respective committees, was co fi med.

An application for reptirg and a wa'h-houso at the No:folk-road re.-i----durca wss ref.ned to the F.n.nce Oommiv.ee.

A Kt'er from Messrs G.vatt and Qui liam, with (eftronce to securing a t tie to p rt section 237, Huirang', for a school si'e, wis referred to the Chairman to deal with.

Accounts were passed, and the Boud rose.