Education Board.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 16, 20 January 1904, Page 4

Education Board.

The Education Board met on iw«>. '''■«*<" : - m '- A " sw "*"; (cna-irmati), Mrs m«.fei*riy. <n«l MtS! :,s Adlam. I'auU. Mackay, ik-lVm-aid. Morton, and Vvadc. The architect, Mr .las. Samlciwm, report -«l living visits! Oa,kuiu, run-i l.eij.i. iton, ai.'d Ipland Koad. ConVde.aA' repai.s are «t Oaikuia leslden.e, to oulsAie boardtogl locks. Spouting, and downpipe. l's.'e l.uiniing liU-iired painting inside and outside, 'i'r.e climated total cost was £GO. The ITcmii residence was completed. I plu.i»l Koad o.JlitioiiH .were well naurncod. Tt.e estimated cost, with iunutuie, of providing more nccoiiuiiu'-iUlion at Wa/ilara was to Hi. A letter iron, the l\mewttakall schiool contractors slated tlhat delay was due to the almost iinj. asiva, L jie roads. Mr Ad-ium moved, and Mr Mackay seconllcd, llia-i the ivc«.iunvndntions re Oak'uia Schviol be ivhi'.'icd.— Carried. Messis Mackay n'i.i.l Morton were granted an exlcii.-ion of time in Which to report on llie .Surrey Koad petition. The tJitairiiKUi r.-|.k.i-\. d that the gj.ie*lion of the linanei-al position of the Boaid was still a smbjeci. of g)ave anxiety. tie recommended tihuit to prcmiit tin.' risk of disappoint i-ny; teachers t lirou'gih the Go.vermnoivt g-nuirl not lieing to band ill- time, tiie teaehers' pay-day be the th-Ht Saturday in the following month-. Arrajigeiinnls were being made for filling \ivoancies in teaching starts. The leport also relcrred to the death of the late Hon. V\. C. Walker. On t-I.e aduice of the architect he proposal to remove the Btoie.room otn section 200 to section Uiin. -New Plymouth, anil to have if sightly H'luiydd. The Cha'inuan moved that this Boaid desires to. put on recoi'J its regiet at the loss tilie colony has SustaintU through the death of the late Huii. W. U. Wanker, and its sympathy with his family in their ijereavument. Mr Allsworth said that during his term of office the Hon. W. C. Walker had made many improvements in the inetiitods of distributing education grajnts, and had been of great asKistance to the cause of education, in the colony. At all times he had stown a friendly feeling towards the Tatramia,ki I'jduoation Bomd. Mr Mack-ay seconded, and the motion was carried, Mr Mackiay made reference to the inconvenieJice cau.N.id to many Midhirst pupils by the fact that tine express trains did not stop rct/jj'arly at Midhirst. At present they only stopped when there were passengers from Miidhirst for stations south of Hawoia. He moved that the Kailway Department be communicated witlh, cm tlira mutter, a-stang the Minister to so arrange train timertajljles as to allow five tuition pupils to taike advantage of educational facilities. The Chairman •said that Now Plymouth was worse situated. The motion was carried. Mr Monkhouse was granted leave of absence. The Tututawa school committee wrote that they had instructed solicitors to demand payment of repairs of damage maliciously done to school gate.—Keceived. Mr E. Shewry wrote offering the Kohura'jahi hall for school purposes at ten shillings per week, pend ing erection of a school.—Referred to Messrs Mackay and Monkhouse .las. Cartwright, teacher at Tikorangi, resigned his appointment ; W. A. Brown resigned at Tongapti'tru • Miss Eli/al.-.-di A. ./. Withe-row at Hurford Kogd ; and Miss Sti lia Hickey at 'J'ariki. The resignations were accepted with the exception of that of" Mr Cartwrig'ht. who will l„. re,p....,te-l to resume his duties on January Colli. The filling of the vacauc-s was left in the hands of the chairman. On the motion of Messrs Wi.cj.. and Mackay the application 'or ;l fe), no | on Kina Koad was referreu vi Mr Adlam for his report. Mr Kodert Ellis, secretarv to the Inglewood school Commitv"., wrote that the committee had carcfunconsidered the examinati ..i result's at the Norfuik roatl for He- past nine, years, and had come to the Conclusion that the distil.-:, is a difficult one to work, and as the present .\car is an iim-.jve:: ci'l on Hi.' previous one the committ.*• consider.' tllat it is sullicitnt reason why the teacher should not bs asked to resign his position as headmaster. The Inglewood committee also wrote thanking the Hoard for su'osidy to the co iiti.ee for Piling ij, the school groiii. | ; luthor i.h : .| they had no 3 1)i.-.-;.i:i to Miss Mjnchin being app r.M-i-,1 assistant. at the Inglewood s.-'iool Mr 'l'. <:. F,,okes, of Stratf-,: u wrote asking payment of Mr M. c Anderson's account for takin" charge of SUratfjr.-l Technical School. The Hoard went into commute roi matters counted with the lienamastersl»p of t'-ie Mi.iiiirst s.-h.jeJ The Midhirst sch-,0l commifee's re port was rec.n.-.d. md they wilt lje thanked for -he information .obtained therein. Tenders were accepted as tiader ■ —New residence at Mishirst, John Hunter and Son ; new residence arij alterations at Jlaramko, I?\:ne ,-»r.ri Henry. Tne tenders" foi' i.-w s.-iioul at Uruti were referred to th" chairman. The architect was instructed *o have the ollices at Stratford built by day laboni, under the sap eiision of a competent foreman appointeu by hims-.-lj. The Kaimata school committc wrote, resigning as a protest against the action of the Board in deciding to remove partition in the school instead of enlarging the biiilding. The resignations were accepted and the appointment of gentlemen to act as commissioners for the balance of the term of oihce was l-i'i to the chairman. Mr Potts, of Bell Block scha-,1 applied for three months' leave of i/.t----sence.—'Oranted. Miss Pain applied for „ year's ]cav u ot absence. Moved by Mr Mackav. sec o mlr'd I.J Mr Wade, and tarricrt-That V (Z Bain's reaignation of hra uppr : Ilt ' ment at liurham UoaJ i,; a.:c-,,„ tcd upon which her r.y.;.:ie.t for twelve months' l, a vc of absence hj, „„ tho Boards service Will be g rii r llw , und if she return.,,,, time to iVsumedutv in Jam.nry I'.Mir, the Uo a -„„ wi „ l;lc :_ ilitate lie,- reappointment, to a similar position. The Kaiivuai schoof comniittee'd action in closing u„, school on acCO " nt " f „"' I' s , w apinoved. Miss Ileywood as'ked that her name be removed fr<|m the Seiving Conmiittee.-Oi-anti-.h, and the thanks of the Board were afccord.-d her lor past sen ices. Mr Archie Hooker, truant,odicer for New Plymouth district, forwarded his annual .report. lie referred to the prevalence' of epidemics during the year, fifty summonses had been issued, 11 com ict ions were obtained, live withdrawn, and folic dismissed.—Keceived, and the thanks of the Board given. .Mr Hooker' foe the satisfactory manner in which lahad performed his duties. The attention of Mr Penn. truantofficer at Stratford, will i;e drawn to the fact that the Board had not received his report for some time | past. A vote of thanks was accorded for | continued donations of illustrated l papers for distribution amongst country schools. J Mr (!. A. Mardhant, ranger, re- 1 ported aa increased interest in j m . '

proving condition of grounds, particularly mentioning Stratford,! Midhirst and Ngnire, where improvement was most marked. Some rases weii' disappointing, uotuibly Wuiiara. where the importance of the school and genial climatic conditions led liiin to expect better results. One of (he brightest school gardens he had noticed was a little half-time school in the llutaii Valley between Purangi and I'ohukura. Copies of the report will ise forwarded to the committees affected t her, by. Mr Wade drew the attention of the Board to the state of a map which the Cnrrington Koad school comniiltfe wished to have replaced. The map was stripped and in a disgraceful state. It was decided, on the motion of Mr Adlam, seconded by Mr Vi.vK', to ask the teacher to state the condition of Jfhc nmp ' when s'he took over the school, and to explain how it came to be in its present condition. The Finance Committee recommended :—That the Education Department be asked to erect aioiig the Cloton Koad frontage of tl'.e Technical School site in Stratford, a railing similar to that, along the frontage of the Stratford District High School and along the Orlando and Ariel streets a live foot galvanised iron fence. That the department be asked to erect a room for practical plumbing and a small room at the Technical School, plans to lie prepared by the architect and the inspector. That application lie made to the Education Department for septic tanks for the Stratford Technical School, the tanks to lie erected in accordance with the department's plans. The impoitancc of the continuation of manual and technical clashes n) Stratford was carefully considered. As the success of classes will depend in a great measure on the local interest aroused in the work, and as the Stratford School Committee has displayed great energy, <eul. and enthusiasm in fostering th« cause of technical education, we recommend that the committee of management consist of (a) the committee of the Stratford District High School : (lb) a nominee of any association or local authority contributing not less than £25 per anniiinii to the maintenance of the classes. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of siic-lv committee of management are shown in a schedule attached. The matter of staffing the secondary department of the Stratford llig'it School was also considered. This last matter was referred to the chairman, the remainder of the report being adopted. Accounts amounting to C 1442 Is os. were passed for payment, and the meeting adjourned.