TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81908, 20 December 1906, Page 3

TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD

Til" monthly un-ctiitj; »f (he Koard was held on' Tuesday evening aml Wcdnc-dav. Present—Messrs' Wade (chaiiiman), Ao'jain, Tisc,h, Morrison, Moukhousc, Trimble, Kennedy, Mor 1(111, and Faulk

ARCHITECT'S! REPORT. Mr .1. Sanderson. Archilcct. reported having visited Opunako. The framework of * lit- residence Wils erected. Some of the timber was still unstaeked, and a ({iiantity of the bricks were unh't to be used. The attention of the contractor had been called to these matters which, would be attended to. The outside boarding of the school was showing signs of decay and should he repaired. With iiaiutinj; necessary ||,e cost would he til or CM. " At lialiohi lie found that the doors of the loachers residence were not siillieiciif ly protected against the wind and rain, making tin- liouse very cold. Por ches would obviate this, but further aecoinuiodatiou is required, lie reconuueiiiled the addilion of two rooms to the front at a cost, including onlbous,., of iiliout Cl.'ft With re»ard to Kaeaeae. plans have b< en prepareil for a movable school and an estimate of cost has been submitted to the .Department. The contract for the erection of additions to the Midliirst school has been signed and the work will bo proceeded Willi at once. The matter of additions to (lie Raliotu residence was referred to the finance committee.

.Mr L. Taylor was granted pcrmission to withdraw bis tender tor ad ditions to the Midhirst school owim; to an error, and his deposit will be returned. The voting was sto ;t. The architect was instructed to attend to repairs necessary, at the Opunako school, and to " have the school painted. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.,

Thi! Chairman reported Hint on the recommendation of Mr Isaac, Inspector of Technical Education, ho lias sanctioned the (iiitling in of skylights in thu roof of ilie art room'of ilio New I'l.viuuuth Technical ijchooi, the expense to be met by a reduction in tin: number of out-houses. Thi! Stratford School Committee has been informed that the iioard will sanction the alteration in the dales of closing and re-opening their school, on condition ili uL those tea cliers who are silting for the January examination and wish to attend the exhibition, are granted au extra week. .Alias Mackay is the only teacher who will take advantage ot this conccs-. sion.

Arrangements are not yet coin■• pleled lor the opening of the Talu, Aria and Kacacac schools. Tenders have been called for ad ditious to the Fraukley Road rcsi-, deuce, and the cluiirmau suggested that tenders be left to u committee. The report was adopted. (MANUAL AND TECHNICAL. Mr Isaac, Director of Technical Education, has paid a visit lo New Plymouth and Stratford. With Mr Spencer, lie went thoroughly into matters connected with tiie equipment of thu Kiiw Plymouth Tecimical School, and various applications .will bu made to the Depiji'tmenU. The! lilting up of a, cookery room and the erection of a woodwork room was discussed and the estimates gone inlo. Un Mr Spencer's recommendation an application is to be made to the Department for a grant to extend the proposed woodwork room by 10ft at a cost of i.£4o, thus making the room -IS ft by ;:u ft. The matter of woodwork, and cookery instructors was discussed with Mr Isaac, who recommends lluit for woodwork an instructor be advertised for at Dome at a salary of £l7O and cs penses., He would also lie required to give instruction at the Technical classes, fur which he would lie paid the usual fees, and should therefore be able to undertake advanced carpentry and joinery and one of the branches of architectural of mechanical drawing. Mr Isaac considers that an instructor in eookerv could be procured in the colonv for a salary of £l2O, and CM boarding allowance. Mr fipencer, in his report to the lioard, is of opinion thai, as the financial position has to be care fully considered, il would be advantageous if one could be procured to teach advanced needlework alho—. The. Hoard remitted the question of appointing instructors to the linanee committee. The result of the City and i.Jiiilds of London examinations" arc to hand. In plumbing (honours grndejj II.: fc'mart secured lirst class honours and Ucorge A. .McDonald and tieorge Price second class honours. Jn dressmaking Misses Marion F. D.

Lisle and .tiny Jones seemed second ckos honours. Slratfurd .pupils to pass were.—Woodwork (lir»t year) \\. .1. Evans, J. \V. Jsail and A. \Y. Mczenberg; woodwork (lintil) E, 11 Clark. te:si>eiis..~"' j "*' Ou the recomiucndalion of the i-'iu iincu Committee the following ten ilera .were accepted.— Jiltham lioad ;*;kooJ, T, Saryesoii, X'M; A'ori/ol,k. iUad, VV. L'. Chum, .to" 10; lnglewood, L, i)e Lauuay. .JL7S JO; Central School, W. Taylor, ~C 8 i); Waitara, W. It. I'roctoj, ~C2:i it); Jigairc, J. JJedlringer, .XjS; Ukaao, Uoou Uros, X-i lUj total Cm 14/. ' ,\JAV SCHOOL. Mr \Y. L. LalrinliT wrote on hfk half of eettlera ou the Opua, lioa™ Opuuake, stating that there were a number of children ou the road that reipiiicd schooling, and they were ausioua to know, what the Hoard would do for them. There were ten children at present who should be at school. There was no school reserve ou the road but there would be no necessity to build a school for a few years as one of the settlers was willing to vacate his cottage of three rooms for a scLool room and residence, providing he was allowed J/ per week rent. KeiciTcd to Uic, inspector for re* port. I CADET CAM'. -Major jlempsey intimated that, in accordance with instructions, he had communicated with the ollicers iu

command of cadets in the following schools, with reference to attending a camp at ChrUtchureh iu .February:— West L'nd, Oiiiala, Opuuake, Xgliirc, L'reuni, J-'itzroy, Waitara, Ucll iilock, Eginoiit ltd and lnglewood. He had received no reply from the four last named schools. Of the others, ijj Would probably go from West l-jul. 10 each from Opmiakc, Jigairo anfji I'lvnui, a from Eitzroy, and :ilj from Central making a total of US. As I'OO was the minimum required there seemed little hope of (he Taranaki liatallion taking advantngu of the liberal concessions oll'cral.

Mr Morrison asked why Stratford was not included in the list. Tin-re were a good number of cadets, there. The secretary said that the 8! rat ford cadets did not come under Major Denipscy. Air Monkhouse asked how (his could lie. There was only one. Tar nnaki iiatallion iinil that was commanded hy .Major Dcmpscv. It was derided to ask Major ])eni|i sey for an explanation on tin- point. .W'l'ora.'.MKXTis. i:tc. The selection committee recommended that the following nanus in the order stat-d lie siliniuttcd i„ ~,„„ nottees for school vacancies: —Strntf>. ' 1U1.5., Jir.-t female assistant, .Miss Kilitl, I'ripihurt, .M.A., and Mi-s 11. <U>k. M (Hawke's Dav). West Knd ,-choo!, nude, assistant, Mr h M-yenlier."-, 1)1, Mr 1,, iiiehem,. Kt I'niti. -.,1e teacher, .Miss Kva llicheno. I-.-), Airs .Mary Kennedy. JM.—Anproved. Miss J!. I'.ichoiio wrole l-esifruinj. 1,,,,. po-ition as teach, r at Uaonui.'-Shc

was -ranted leave „f alienee from Dee-ml.er Illili to 21.-1, |,„|, tfc |i, 8 ,r.l a-keil her to reconsider her resignation. St.'Mutil, ro.M.MITTKKS. ''"' .Mr (!. k. •lolinston ImviiiK re-i-ned his pnsilioii as ehainiian of the '\„r< folk road eoinmitlee. l|,e election of .Mr 'l'. 11. Jones to tliu vatancv was notilied. 'J he X«r, a ; r( . school committee intimated that .Mr !•'. S. Tarrant hiiviin> resigned from the committee, m't Thomas V.. Orr had lire,, elected in his place. The seats of Messrs .1. IJ. Ilarleymaii and duo. I'rake are vacant, they liavin" left the school district without resigning, lint so far the coir mittce has been unalilo to lind anyone willing to iJAutc for the scuts.

I at, Pohsiknra, applications for tho po .-it ion of teacher were received Iron Mi.-s A. R Crcemvoud. of I'olinkiiva ami ill- .lolm Wilson, a I'rcsl.vtcriaii sludem.. u-iio has just had thro,', years at the I'nivor.-itv and is now Church missionary in that district. As tln-iv was dillii-iilly in getting a teacher for (his centre,'the circuit was willing to allow ill- Wilson to teach for, hi v. four days a week; it would lie difficult for him to jji\-<- live days regularly without interfering too much with his Church work—The matter of making an appointment was left to tii« chairman, with power to act. The capitation allowance is limited to four lifths the ordinary amount.

iUHCEI.CAXI-XICS. The Inglewooil Committee drew attention to several defects thill existed in connection with the lavatory, latrine anil water pipes at the school— The architect will attend to the matter. .Messrs Monkhonsc and ilorison reported that (hi- area of the .school pounds at ilahoc (two acres) was in.siillicient. Adjoining tin; site was a plot of two or Ihrce acres which could lie leased at 3i/ per acre for si\ y.-ais. the fencing to he done by tie- licanl, and a purchasing cle,us'o of C-2C per annum to he stipulated. Tin- committee recommended that this area he leased, to he temporarily used as grazing ground for the teacher's hoi sc.—Adopted. The Hoard agreed to the finance

committee's recommendation, that the architect's remuneration lor the ensuing year he CloU. Tlie Central (school committee asked the J'.oard to grant a subsidy of ,C for X, up to ,U,3. towards the cost of repairing the ashphall in the school yawl and limiting the whole with, tar and sand during the holidays. .Messrs Collis and .Maunder, as a deputation, supported the reipiest, which was granted. j The Ukato School Committee asked that a certain closet he removed as its proximity (only a few yards) to the well constituted a menace to health. The committee, had consulted Ike health ollicer, who said alter atioiis was imperative—After discussion it was decided to remove the structure, under iix Adlam's supervision. ill- It. W. lv. .Morrison, agricultural instructor to the Turanaki Education Board, states in his last, report that generally the school gardens show a marked improvement. lie Je-rets that iu several gardens he has "discovered wiiiil no uoubt is the dreaded potato blight, in some cases in an advanced stage. Sample* have heeii taken and posted to liic Agricultural' Department and in the meantime instructions are given to have the plots sprayed without delay. .Several experiments are in progress at the various plots. Sume plots are sown without manure and also with man. ure for purposes of comparison, and' instructions have been given to weigh out the crops when ready, Xno Chief: inspector advised the Hoard that ill- ilorrison has completed his

munis of visits to schools. In order that thu work should not be retarded, -Mr (spencer recommended the reap pouitmeut of Air .Morrison for uext year at a more liberal remuneration, dhu liuard, desinons of ciicouru"iii" the classes, made the reappointment. Xuu Cardill' Committee asia'd the Hoard to consider tile question of enlarging the teacher's residence. If another loom were built the head teacher would be able to provide accommodation for the assistant, who found it almost impossible to obtain lodgings.—Tins matter, together with a request lor a new tank and a complaint concerning the chimney, was terred to the linauce committee. The Taraiiaki Land Board granted the use of a wliaro and two aeivs of land on section 12, block 13, Ulmva, for the Tutu school, at rental of 5,' per week.—Accepted with thanks to the Commissioner. The matter of frnciiig the site and starting the school was left to the chairman, with power to act. Jt was decided to call tenders forthwith for additions to the Toko residence. The chairman and .Mr Tisch were empowered to deal with tenders. The J-'itzroy committee took exeeplion to a holiday being granted nn the second day of the show without any notilication to the committee —The JSoard considered there was no ground for complaint, the holidav bemg quite optional. The circular to committees simply stated "If you ilnnk it desirable to close your school mi -November 2!ltli, the second day of the show, the Hoard has no ol.jcc'tion to your doing so." A letter "was received notify im; that the l'ublic Works Department was undertaking the erection of the school at .Maugapapa. -Mr (.;. Jlaker tendered his resignation as teacher of the .Makahul'uniwhakaau half-time schools, as from January olst. JR. did not see his way to apply for either oi these two schools singly. A single school was only a bare living, besides which at neither school had the teacher the smallest amount of comfort— Accepted. .the Alakahu school committee, commenting on this, asked that the school be made a full time one, as the attendance would increase alter the -New Vear.-lleferred to the inspector. Jliss 11. linker resigned her position as sole teacher at Xahora school. Ju consequence of a complaint from the truant, inspector, who was handi capped in some recent prosecutions owing to Jack of information, it was decided to call a certain teacher's attention to the incomplete manner m which he had lilled in nis monthly re