THE OPUNAKE SCHOOL.

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

THE OPUNAKE SCHOOL.

THE APPOINTMENT OF HEADMASTtfH. On the motioi to ad pt the ciiaunnn'd report, in the course of which reference was nude t) Mr George Msginness' appointment aa hcadniastor of the Opuiake SchoDi, the chairman (Mr Allsworth) end, b fore the motion wis put conticmiuk'hia sedan, hj) would like ta s&y touaatbkg about Opunakias he thought tha Baard should have tha matt.r fully before thtrn before his report w>s adop'ed. As the Boird was aware thi selec ian committer h d coniidered the applications for this and o.hor s;ho:h and made a selec ian to send to the ceil conai tees. Th? Salooiion Oommittee'd report was adoptsd by the/Board and, in acaordance with the usual eustom, the following day the names were duly forward d to the School Oommitteas interested. On.the following Wednesday morning the secretary brought under his colic the committee's rejommanda'.ion which was in favour of Mr G.o r ga Maginness. As the Bjjrd was aware the usuil course form ny years past had j been to at oicj lo ify the leacher| stl cted of his appain meat and the committea of the s.nie, this being done to save titne as in ino;t cases tht teacher h.d to give a minth's notice, thus a month was saved, Inthiscise, however, having heard of ejme disagreement at he thmght it b st to wait a fiw day*, the nsult bjiog th*tone if tha letteis bef jro the Board came to hand. Oa inquiring further the cornmUteu'a minutes were place j a 1; his dispasU acd he found that tha comrait'e* held a meeting during -the wetk p.iji to the rmeting of the Boa/d, a' which tbo Sel-.ction Committee's repor' was received, and some 10 or 12 days before the comnittre considered the applic .tions. At tb.it meeting, a', which every member but one was present it was duly proposed, seconded, and car.ied unanimously thatam otiug of the committee be h j:d on S iturday evening, 27th May, when, if thay were received fi om the Board, the applicitions for the position of healrmster o" the school should be considered. Th it meeting was held, every member of the committee being present, and the list of applications appeared to have beun ctre c uUy and fuly consiler.d. Th>< list waß first reduc d to twj, and then it wap decided unanimously to recommend the appointman": of Mr George Maginness. The committee met again on Monday evening to adopt the report for the meeting of householders, held the sama nigbr, caafinn their minute?, and wind up their business for the He had sren a good many committee's ariou-e boons, but he m ist sxy that the Op inake Committee appeared to hive coadusted their business in a very buiinesj-like minner, and their minu'e book was admirably kept throughout their tana of office. At the meeiiog of householders a goad deal of fee iog was shown, and the result was the correspondence oi the tibia. He had, however,after consultation wih Messrs Adlam and Wad 3, the former of who-n !wjs also a mimber of the Selection Committee, dtcided there was noreasin to depart from the u-ual cmrie, a-ad hid instructed tha secretary to notify Mr Magionefs, and the Opunake cammitte?, of his appointment. Io connection with this latter, the question of making Opunake a D strict High S.haol had been referred to a« the list msetiog of the Boud, and ihe | feeling was that as Mr Maginness was i a young min he would have no difficulty ia qualifying by the tim* tna : change cauld be made. In uo if/iug i him of his appointment,—r,is appointment had been qualified to thit extent, i the Board reserved the to in ko < a change, if necessity, in the interest of th 9 school. Toe whole of tha correspondence on ' th 9 suhj ict was then read. ]'

Mr Faull siid hi thiu"!! 1 ; the statement male by the Chairman wis most s itisfaefcory. Tha Committee, in making the silectiou bifore going ou; of offl:-, had acted strictly within their right*, and, while he thought the Cuairnuu Ind acted wisely in makiag inquiries, hj) considered trig Committetj'sseiectiou must stand.

Mr Adlasa concarrei in Mr ,Faali'd reunrks, and after a few irenaarks ia tin sama direction by Mesirs Tay'or, Mo:t)a, an! Wade, the motioa to adopt Ui i Chairmau'ri repo.-i was carriei UDaniinously. The usual resolution formally appointing Mr U. Muginness as headmastsr cf tin Opunake school, his appoiirm nt to due from the Ist June, was fclio 1 proposed by Mr Morton, and seconded by Mr Faull, and eirried unanimously,