EDUCATION BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 24 January 1907, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD

■I'll" Kdueation Hoard meeliii" was • continued on Wednesday, all v. e members being present. OIIIUSTCIU'IiCJI CADIOT CA.MI'. Major IVinp-ey reported, in answer 1" the Hoard's query tha, lie had no' ""'"Honed lac Mratlord e.ulels in his report re Ihe camp at Chrisichurcb, '"> H"',v "civ not co!inec,,,| „-ilh liil,ilUll! ■ and therefore inn under his jurisdiction. It was point.-,] out Hun Ihe cn-H- ---"/''■<' »»dcr me Hoard's eonlrol ami "»• lif, '"''l .-li' Mild say whether ~r „„i 11 company should leave ||„, |, ;l , Li ,, ion Mr Kennedy Ihouglit Hue Siraifo-ii company siio,ild be told to j..ii, (!, ■ balialiou or disband. -Mr Alonkhoiise remarked the pre sent state of all'airs was very in-,',,,! .Mr Morrison .said Ihe mailer need.-1 invcsiigaiuui. but Ihouyht no action should be taken at present. Tlio chairman and M„s,rs Alorlon anil .Monkhoii.-e wore appointed a coinmittee to meei Colonel Uvcda'v and discuss the question of cade' rcii la.'ions and control.

-Major l)cn,p-cy wroie I'urlher Unit I here was .-, possibility of j|„. Ibiwera and lOlthani cadet, joining wi,h the Taramiki ilislrict cadets in 11, - pro posed camp at ChrHcliuvcli. If ihis were done, t|,.- requisite inimb-r of -'>'» would be made up. If ihe trip wore made he would be pleased In do and enjoyment of (lie boys who int'lil be under his command. ' In addition to those' mentioned in hi-. Dec-mbcr report, 50 boys would go from Strut ford and 2o to .10 from Wailara. making 170 from this district.

The Board approved the proposal lo include llawcra and Klthain cadets, and Slajor Dempsey will be nsk-d to make ail arrangements for the boys. WEST END SCHOOL. The Kdueation Department wrola Hint it was unable at present to accede to the request for a grant for additions and alterations to the West Knd school. The chairman said that the great expansion of the school necessitated considerable 'enlargement. The Chief Inspector, in answer lo Ihe chairman, said that two additional teachers had recently been appointed lo the school, and' there was no room for tiieni to teach, and the increased stall' and attendance necessitated considerable increase of accommodation. The school should be put on such a footing that additions could be made from time to time to keep pace with the growing requirements. The front room of the present school was unsuitable for teaching on accouiu, of the lighting and because il was too Jo';iig. The proposal was to make this into two teachers' rooms. Tiiere was a small room now which it was proposed to absorb in re-modelling the buildings, and an additional class room was to be built. lie (bought (he mailer should be urgently pressed, the Department paying for the additions and the Hoard for (he alterations.

On the motion of Mr Morton, so conded liy Mr 'risen, the followiiifi resolntion was carried:—That in reply i« Hie Department's letter of I lie 21s'i ult., Hie Minister lie again strongly urged to "rant the Board's applicalion for additions io tin; West ICnd school, and that u further statement of the. ease lie laid before them. TAIUKT SCHOOL, SITK.

Messrs .Tiimieson and Laurence, re presenting the Tariki school commit tee, waited upon the Board in eonneetion with the enlargement of the .school site. They propose,! lu use the rental from the unoccupied school site at Waipnkn to assist in pavin" II"' rental of further land' to In; required, or as mi alternative Mr T/aurnnee was prepared to purchase the three acres neees-

sary and pell it to the school committee, giving them Ihroe yours in which to repay the cost. Then ihe land would be handed to the Board as a school, site. The! iiroposah .'should' show the Board that residents were in earnest.

Mr Janiicson thought that probably I here was a clause in Mr Davidson's lease; givinfg the Commissioners 'the right 'to take the laud for school pur poses. Mr Davidson had ollVrcd to lease the three acres to the committee, at a rental of £1 per acre per annum.

Mr Fa till moved that the Board communicate with Mr Davidson with a view to leasing three acres of land from Mr Davidson for enlargement of the ground.

llr Adlani thought the committee should louse the land themselves, as he umlerstood the eoinmiltee, would derive revenue from leasing the ground to sports chilis and so forth. Sir Jamicsun said the eonnniitoe had ]io idea of milking a charge for the use of the. ground. Mr Trimble thought the Hoard would have to secure the lea.-e, as tlie committee had no legal slum*. ill- Monkhouse said u,,. ground must he enlarged if the children were to play the two most manly games football and cricket. The plavrouud' ■education of children was, in his opiu ion, just as important as the indoor ed)iieali(.|.i;.

Air Kennedy said the old sports ground, now sought to be acquired was the only ground 'there was for a school playground. I'n answer to Mr Morton, Mr Jamieson said the committee was prep-, red to raise money to pay for the new lease and survey expenses. Mr Morison seconded, and the motion was carried.

The East ward members will coni'o viilh Hie school coiumittce ami lessee and report to next meeting of ilu Hoard. li'lSTANCl'l COMMITTEIO. Tlie l.'inance Committee reported that application had been made ,„ (he ncpartinent for a grant of e 12 ,, to cover the estimated cost of the pro posed additions to the resilience at ( 'archill-, and also for £135 in respect to li-.ili-oin. Tlie amount grained—ClliO—for additions to residence at AVaiongona not being sullicienl; to cover the cost 'the Committee recommended that (he architect be iusructeil to prepare fresh plans.—Adopted. OUUJU .SCHOOLS Uev. 0, J. Bush, travelling mis siouary of the Methodist Church at Tiuiniarantii. wrote at some length concerning the.need for further educational facilities in the Ohura. He suggested half-time schools at Man«a von and Toroto Valley, and at Tiifu and Tokirima, Settlers in the latter place were prepared to erect a bunding if Ihe Hoard would find (he furniture and appoint a teacher. At Tain a settler's house would be utilised.

Mr Jlonklrouso said that if the settlers wore prepared to erect buildings, it justiliod the conclusion that there were siifliciout children in the district to warrant the establishment of schools. tie. moved that the thanks of the Hoard be conveyed to Mr Busli ■for his letter, and that he be inform 'ed that upon buildings boiii" creeled by the settlers as siiggoslcd. ibe Hoard will call applications for teachers, and supply necessary furnilure, and thai he be ronuested io convey this information to the settlors interested. Seconded by Mr llorison and car lied, A PIiOTKST. 'Mr Monkhouse moved, anil Mr Kennedy seconded, and the Hoard re s<j:<vod-Th:rt this Board expr.iss i( ., sirong iiroiest against the withdrawal of Ihe privilege of free postage and (elegi-ams from the Hoard, thus 'throw, intr a further burden upon already Meant revenues, and that Ihe Cavernnieut be rospocl fully requested to coiiiii.ue this very desirable privilege. Ih, withdrawal of which will tend 'to ■.-inbarrass the tinanee of the Heard, a,id

that (he Taranaki member,, of Parliament bo requested to support (he vipie'Si. GENERAL. The Auckland District Engineer ! wrote thai, owing to Ihe floods,' (im. her had not been carted in for the erection of the Matier- school. If was decided to establish an aided school in llastie's house at Puuiwliakau. and Mrs ITastie will rec-ive Hie capitation of r ,CO per annum tier child. Accounts amounting to fiilfiU lis 7d wer passed for payment. Viesignations wore accepted from tea cb'ers: AV. L, AVeiss. Mnngavoa; A. M. Members;. Lincoln road. Mr AV. Murray was appointed a commissioner for the Urnti school In act with Mr (!. Jupp. The matter of the survey 'or ihe portion of ground to be taken for additiunal Bclwolgrounds at Mulioe ivas

1011, in the hands of Messrs Monk llOllse ;ui<l M.Jl'isoll. with power ill ml. •Mr I!. McK. lliunij , v il| 1,.. ; „|,.,| to make ,wii vidis ,lui-;ii.j Hi,, prcs'iil Hen.-nil i.l 111,' 5e11.,,,', visi|,„| l„,( v,.,,,. in .-miiHTli,,,, will, ~,,,■;,.„!(,, . .[■ „ ii,|iiiiik>l;H',i:i of i;:iu. An iron chiiunev wi.l 1,,. f uwirdci .<> Mi.' N'ewall ,■„„■! >cli Applicalions wii: 1... ral'i.,l f„i- i,ii,. position »,' a-si-lant al Hi,. N„|.r„:|; roii.l .ehool.