TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81873, 24 October 1906, Page 3

TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

The Education Board met on Tuesday evening. Present: Messrs J as. Uade (chairman), A.- Morton, il. Faud, \\. McL. Kennedy, 11. tumble, 11. Monkiiousc, J. D. Malison, G. i'iseii, and G. A. Adlam. CHAIRMAN S REPORT. The chairman reported the i'oiiowng appointments had been made; — t turf old road, lemporary solo veacii-

vd, Miss E. :\ixon; i'anki, temporary assistant, Miss 15. Berntsen; West e,nd, temporary assistant, Miss Bal.amyne. in pursuance of the recommendations of tlie committees interested, the iotlouing appointments were made : —Lardili, assistant, Miss D. Smith; Central, second assistant, Mr G. U. Dudley ruad, sole teacher, Miss G. M Alexander; Pohokura, sole teacher, Miss llcntskie (Miss ileutskie had sinco declined to lake up ,icr appointment); Waitara, first year pupil teacher, Miss A. Brabant; Strattord, third year, Mr D. Cameron ; Norfolk road, temporary assistant, Miss E. Urquhart; Eltliam ruad, temporary solo teacher, Mr L. Bicheno. lie was very sorry to report iliat Miss Rig-by, teacher at Eltnam road, was quite unable to resume her duties yet, owing to an attack of rheumatic fever following on her recent illness ; and he hoped the Board would grant her an extra month's salary out of the fund provided for the purpose of supplying relieving teachers. The Norfolk road committee and teacher having expressed ihi'ir willingness to have two pupil icaoiers appointed instead of an assitant, the cnanman reconnliencied ttia.t as Mis- I. ifjuhart had been appointed temporary assistant, she remain at the school until after the midsummer holidays. Then, lie nad reason to believe, several applications would be received from die. if'gh School and District High School pupils who will have passed ihe Civil Service and Matriculation examinations. The J'ututawa School Committee, having recommended the appointment of Miss 1. Cameron, their present temporary teacher, in preference to either of those applicants whose names had been forwarded for ihcir selection, and also forwarding a petition signed by several settlers requesting Miss Cameron's appointment, he had decided to refer the matter to the selection committee. The report was adopted. SELECTION COMMITTEE. The teachers' selection committee reported tnat eleven applications had been received for ttie position advertised at Durham road, and one for W hangamomona. They recommended that the names of Miss J. Eraser, )•.j, Miss M. i'apps, D 4, and Miss L. I'. Riley, D 4, be submitted to the Durham road committee, and for \\ liangaiiioiiiona, Miss Ainsworth, 1)4. The committee recommended that Miss Cameron be allowed lo remain as temporary leacher at Tutuliiwa. and that tile question of a permanent appointment be left until after the next examination. —Adopted. NEW SCHOOLS WANTED. The Chief inspector reported fully 011 the application for a school at Okau, in the Okau load, and recommended that, pending the receipt of mluiniation concerning ihe possibility of obtaining quarters without going ■ o the expense of building. He was of the opinion that before long the extension ot settlement would war--111111 the erection of a school farther up ihe valley.—The report was adopted, and the matter referred to tho

The Inspector reported 011 the applications lor new schools at Ana and Kaea'-a, in the new Waitonio county, which might come within the province of Hie Auckland Board. In die-meantime, he recommended writing to the Auckland Board, asking it. in the event of these schools being piaced in that district lyy the, readjustment of boundaries, that the U -ard would refund to this district die expenses of an inspector's visit 10 nport. He thouglu that, in the iu•ere«ts of the children tho request would be readily granted.—The report was adopted. TEACHERS* RESIDENCES.

The applications of the Toko and LTenui Committees for additions to residences were referred to the Finance Committee, to report this (Wednesday) morning. Toko requires a lean-to the full Icng'li of the building, to provide a kitchen, pantry, and bathroom, and a iww chimney; Urcnui wants,a verandah or porch and i a bathroom. In wet weather, writes ; ihe chairman of tbe. committee, the fiont room is not fit to live in. Messrs Mori-son and Kennedy asked "that Hie Toko job be put in hand immediately, and that some foeal builder do the work in order to save architects 1 expenses. The Department will be applied to immediately for a grant for tho Toko work, which was represented as urgDOUCLAS. Mr K. Walter. Douglas, asked the Hoard to define the boundaries of the l)ougia> school district. A meeting of householders will be held, and Mi Kennedy will \u\ to attend on behalf ol (he Hoard. ; The Hoard adjourned, to resume at |i).3u this morning.