TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8071, 29 March 1906, Page 3

TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD

I lie Mucation Board meeting was eoul inued on \\ ednesday morning The resignation of Mrs Birkelt at riikearuhe school whs accepted, as troni June 30lli next. Hie larata Sciiool Committee's i'e-| quest for the erectiuii of a door and a window in the residence there was granted. • > J-he Chairinau' was' authorised to piocure a book-ease fur the Board's room. Tiie Fiiianco Committee was authorised to enquire into the matter of advertising, with a view to economy, and report to the next«meeting of the Board. Mr P. S, .Wliitcombe, the Board's solicitor, was appointed auditor of the School Commitecs' accounts for the year. Authority was given to supply posts and staples for tcpa'rs to the horse-paddock fence at the Stratford school.

i'ho Waitara School Committee asked that windiws of the schoolrooms be rrosted, aud blinds removed, as they were in need of repair. The Board, on the recommendation of the Chief inspector, decided to adhere to the • '■id system, and the arcliitecl will ofteet necessary repairs. The Board decided to grant Mr Sanderson the usual architect's fees, 5 per cent., in connection with the erection of the Nov Plymouth Technical School.

, On the motion of Mr Monkhouse and Mrs Dougherty, the thanks of the Board will be convoyed to the Now Plymouth Borough Council for uie favourable consideration of the request for the removal of earth -from Liardet street. The usual subsidy was grunted to tiie Kntapiko School Committee for the erection of a shelter shed.

Ihe Board decided that it could not ' agree to the request of the Waihi School Committee to floor the shelter, shed. The Inglewood School Committee asked that new latrines he erected at the school before connecting with the town drainage system, as the present buildings are in a decayed state.—Keferred to the arehtiect.'to report to the I'inance Committee.

The B&ai'il decided that when the gate is creeled satisfactorily at. Ton«apoi'utu school, payment of ihe account will be made.

, , , C a'f Sectary to the Central School Committee, asked that sonic proteL-lion.be placed around the buildings to prevent paper from blowing underneath.—, Keterrcd to the architect for his report. I lie teacher at Tongaporutu applied loi Joiuo to dose the school lorn week, 1U order lo allow ]|j m t 0 comc mt( J town for \riuter supplies—Granted, subject to the winter holidays bein" correspondingly curtailed, ' " Mr Harle, of iS'ew I'lvniouth, complained that an injustice had been done in awarding an extra scholarship to Alice Bollinger, when his son, Douglas Harle, had scored a greater number of marks.

Mr Spencer, Chief Inspector, reported that the decision complained of had been arrived at, alter careful consideration, by the Chairman and himself. A senior scholarship had been awarded and Mr Harle's sou had sat for a jmiwr scholarship. The examinations were incomparable. To attempt to compare them would be like comparing second and fifth standard pupils. Alice Bollinger took a junior scholarship in 1803, and this extra money wis grant, od in order that she, a country scholar might continue her Ui H lt School stud' ies. l'l,e Ijoaitj had been asked to spend the funds in order to help children who were prevented by distance from obtaining the advantages readily available by town scholars. No other arrangement could in equity be made. I The junior scholarships had absorbed £l3l of the grant, and seniors oulv £7B ,Ss. J

Mr Maunder pointed out that Harle i)':is onlyons mark below the winners, thus Uyo.marks uu]re would have given him a junior scholarship. Jt Hasi|ii!te reasonable Lin! (lie parents should have " expected the Board to i/ive the lad a little llip over, bill tlies considerations were outweighed by Mr Spencer's remarks. The Board decided that, while sympatlnsiug with Mr Harle, they consul(.'red the allocation had been just and fair,.

Miss Haddl'oll was granted leave to arrive Ua.f.*n-kour late at the'o.nata school on Minday mornings, i u order that she could travel from New Ply. month that morning l>v roach. T.u Board appointed a settler to carry , lie Opua road children to the Opuu . !<e. school, as from liastcr Tuesday, the driver to receive remuneration fixed by Government regulations. The headmaster at Oa'onui wrote, askii)g tor the addition of two rooms to the residence, which was iijcovenientlv small. —Application will be made to I lie Department for a grant.' The teacher's request for a picket fence an,l gate in front of the re.-i----deuce was referred to Mr Adlam for his report

Mr \\ . 11. 11 ad.livl 1 wrote liiat a hardship was imposed on his daughter, Miss Olive Had li'ell,and M.tslur Cook, IJueen's scholarship Ijoldert. Ijy t)|e change in the Act they were not now entitled to proceed to the university, as provided by the Act when the scholarships were gained. The mailer will be referred to the Minister, for Education, and a copy of the letter will be forwarded to the Victoria College Council.