TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 25 April 1907, Page 3

TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

The Board resumed on Wednesday morning. TEACHERS' SELECTION COMMITTEE The Teachers' Selection Committee reported thai applications for positions advertised had been received as follows: —Egmont road, 8, Upland road I), Ilurford road 5, 4; and Lll ■ following names had been submitted to the committee's interested: Miss Stephens, 1)2, Bird road; Mi*s C. Cresswoll, P3, Waitui; W. A. Brown, D 4, Denbigh road, Lady J. Le Fleming, D2, South Canterbury; Upland road, Lady Le Fleming; Mrs E. M. Moss, E, lnglewood; Miss J. Adamson, licensed, llurford road, Mrs E. M. Moss and Mis?| Adiunson, Midhirst; Miss M. lliilcliinson, part 1), I'rcnui; Miss M. L. Berntscn, part 1), Ol«ito; Miss A. Bettjeman, part D, Dcnniston.

WEST END. II r W. C. Nixon, secretary to the West End committee, forwarded a request that the school dinner-hour b2 made from 12.30 to 1.30, instead of from 12 to 1, in order to meet the convenience of pupils attending the cookery and woodwork classes at the Technical School—Granted.

A VUIiXUI I'UOTEST, ilr A. 11. Haleonibc wrote thai no committee hud been elected at Urenui on Monday, the old committee anil the householders generally protesting against the action of the Board in temporarily closing the school so tbat twelve jof the pupils could join the cadets' excursion to the Exhibiton at Christ- ! church, without having first consulted the committee. It seemed that the committee was not needed by the Hoard. —An earlier letter from the teacher was produced, stating he had consulted the committee, and they favored the course taken. —The committee will bo informed aeovdinglv.

TAIUKI yIIOOLCrIIOUND. .\lr .lohn JemUon, cnairman olj the Tariki school committee, asked when the two and a-half acres adjoining ill? schoolground would be handed over to the committee; and forwarded a request that the Hoard have the ground fenced.

MAY KCIIUOL. Mr W. Hanniftter, ol Opua road, wrote that Miss McGregor was willing to take the position of teacher at the new Opua road school, and that Mr Gray, bead teach.:'!' of the Opunake school, had promised to visit the school once a month to assist tint teacher as to method.— Re/erred to the chairman. AX miLKwocvo mjn-sT.

Mr 11. W. Carstens, secretary of (lie Inglewood committee, recommended tile lioard to grunt the application of Mr 1). P. Kvaus, assistant master at we lnglcwood school, re uispcnsing with the services of a pupil 'teacher and adding 133 til the mi In vy ol nil assistant.— Tile Hoard was ni.b'e to grant tlic application. CO.UMJi uisks.

Mr J. Johnston, secretary of the DudIcy road committee, wrote that the coinmil lee did not cure to retain ollice if they wen: in any way liable under the "Employers' Liability for Accident Art" when employing casual la.lior.—He will be informed that the Board has a general policy covering uumuittjes' liability. CIiXEIIAL. The mutter u,f the skylight ai the Douglas sehool was l.;ft in .Mr Kennedy's hands 1o deal with.

Tho "MhlhirsL eonimittee will be asked to <'iif|uiro into the complaint Hint lead Hashing had been cut and stolen from new work al the lec her's residence.

The matter of tempt..inly closing the Ngaire school, pending tin: completion of stalling. was referred to Messrs Monkhood: and Monsou. The resignation of Miss Lucy Wilson, assistant mist res? at the Midhirsi school, was accented.

Hiss Mills, assistant at Ngaire, was granted two months' leave of absence, 011 account of illness.^ Miss Crawford, teac at Omata, who cycles out from New > Vmontii on Monday mornings, asked •iave to use the coach arriving there after school had opened.—Agreed to, provided the committee consents.

i'urtlier consideration of 'the report of Mr 11. MeK. Morison, agriculture instructor, held over from last meeting, was deferred till next meeting. The Oakum school committee asked permission to have a tennis court at the school grounds. Ihe Chief Health Officer wrote tnafc Dr l'omarc, Health Officer to the Maoris,