HOUSEHOLDERS' MEETINGS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 109, 29 April 1908, Page 4

HOUSEHOLDERS' MEETINGS.

FKA.xKLEY. ( There was a fair attendance al the ' annual meeting of householder- al * Frankley road, Mr. 11. Okey, M.l'.. chair- - man of the rununiltcc, presiding. 'I he ' annual report chronicled a steady increase in the lull number, which was now s:l, being 01 boys and -.!) girl-, or II 'belter than la-l 'year at this time, ine allendance of pupils had been good, - 1 increasing from (il.'i at th t . Illltli .Inn" ' to 711 ai the end of March last. The I school was examined by .Mr. WhcUc,. 'J with very satisfactory 'results, all tli- i pupils but one receiving promotion. Of c live Standard VI. pupils four received certilicalcs of prulicieucy and one compeiencv. Three of these were now receiving free tuition al Ihe New Plymouth High School. Owing to the illlies- of Mr. Winlield, the head teacher,,! Mr. Cow, of Christi-Inirrli. had relieved | . for a month, and he gav L . entire salis- i lae-lion. The pupils continued to tak" a lively interest in the garden plol-, and the tone of the school was good. The elliciencv spoke well for the energy cli-placcd by Mr. Winlield and Mi-s McDeriuid. The balance-sheet -howed a cash credit i.alance of Cll Ills lid. an increase of CI lis Id for the year. -The report was adopted. A resolution was passed appreciative of the general progress of the school. ami thanking Mr. Winlield for the greal interest taken in the general working of the school. A further resolution thanked the head teacher for having set aside portion of his garden for the 1 school garden plots. It was decided to instruct the incom-

ing committee to take into consideration the provision of a hor-e-paildui'k, the present school sito being iiiiidei|uate for playground and plots, with the result tliat seven or eight horsc-s were generally loose iu the playground. ° The following committee was elected: Messrs. 11. Okey, M.P.; E. >'. L. OkeV, \V. Ambury, A. Walt, C. Downs, R Newell, and 11. I. Allan. At a committee meeting held sttlisei|iicutlv Mr. 11. Okey was re-elected chairman, and he and Mr. Ambury were deputed to operate upon the Post OMi-e account. Mcsci-s. Ambury and Walt wci\. appointed a sub committee to attend to various improvements in the grounds during the wilcr holidays. l.\( ILK WOOD. The following were elected:—Mc-srs. F. W. Cone (chairman), W. ltoad, A. Cornev. C. load, W. Richardson, W . Marshall, F. Whitehead, tieo. Beadle, and Ceo. Cook. There was a good attendance. The annual report showed that the inspector's report had liecii very favorable. There had been very few failures, the two upper standards were showing the benelit received from the instruction given at the technical school iu New Plymouth every Wed lies day—to the girl's in cooking and the hovs in woodwork. Cleat interest was lieing taken in the agricultural plots, ami "very good results had been obtained. During the year the movement ot j i-tahlishing a technical scl 1 had been mooted with very satisfactory rosii.t-. A conference of committees had been

held, ill- which eight committees liail been represented. Tin' -urn of CIOU liail been collected i" (lunations and the Uoveninient had granted CIUU I'm' tin' building, livening classes liail been established in English, arithmetic, bookkeeping, and dre-sniaking. Tin' attendance had lii'i'ii very good, and Ik' result, hud ipiito justiiicd tin.' committee, in opening the thiol's. The success of tin- annual picnic liiid been greatly marred liv lllc inclemency of tin- weather. A concert in aid of tins prize fund ki 1 resulted ill a profit of Clli. Owing to constant change.- in the stall' tin- work of tin- school had Wit considerably hampered. Tribute was paid tu the headmaster, .Mr. W. .1. Kvans. OK ATI I. Tim following committee was elected: -■-Mc-srs I'. Andrews (chairman). .1. .i. Fox. W. 11. Robinson. A. 11. Metcalfe. A. .1. Richard-. W. I)c„ Forges, and .1. .'. farcy, jiinr. NORFOLK. Hi,, folk,wing were elected :-Messr■:. .1. W. Ilnrgess. \V. Coney. I'.. Fi-cher, T. W. Jones. I'. Olsen, 11. Trimble (secri'liiry), and A. A. Ward (chairman). NOAIRK. •11,,' followiim were elected: Mcs-rs. ■|'. K. Coleman (eliainnaiil. W. Morison. T. Oir. I-'. A. I.e. .1. (.'. Davis, 1,. K. Tarraiit. and F. Norton (secretary). U was decided to draw I lie Hoard's attention to Hie dangerous state of Ike stovepipe in the junior room at the school. KAIMIRO (Kaiauail. The election resulted ill the return of Mcs-is. W. ('.. Skoemtirk ((hainnaiit. W. Tavlor, T. Ilintz, A. ,1. Taylor, 0. Peters,' F. Schickel-.. F. Munilt. TARIKI. Twenty-two householders were present, 'hie following committee was eluded:—Messrs .1. -Temisim (cliairnian;. , A. Lawrence, R. Hancock, \V. Stevenson. ! .1. Thicker. D. Jones, and Mrs Jemisoii I secretary). OMATA. The following wore elected: Messrs. I). I'cnwarden, A. L. McKcc, (1. Iluse. A. Mace, I!. Clemow, .1. Jury, and K. I!. l!a\ly (chairman). KENT. Th ( , annual meeting of householders for the election of the Kent- Seliool Commit tc was held at the Uiwer Kent road seliool on Moudav night. Although the night was we't and stormy, there wan an unusual amount of intere-t shown. There were also several hull "s present, who took a keen interest in the who!,, proceedings. One lady who was anxious for a seat on the committee was nominated be her husband, but wail n-iicccssful at the poll. The following candidates were elected:—Messrs. .!. Batten. A. Helms, C. Soutkoinbe. \V. Franks. Walter (hntlerton, (1. Tmmeclitr. and .1. K. Rowlands. At a meeting held subsequently, Mr. J. K. Rowland- was elected chairman.—Own correspondent. F.LTHAM. There «a„ a record attendance ol hnusehulilers owing to friction between the commit t mil the headmaster. Mr. T. Thomas. The old committee ollcrd

.hcmat'lvL's lor re-election on the ticket .hat a change iu the headmaslership aas desirable. Mue oilier candidates ivuru nominated, and after a lively Meeting, the old eoniiuilLee wan re-elect-•d as follows:—!'. C. SLaiiucrs, C. A. Wilkinson, L Hill, K. I'airotl, F. Aiiioorv, G. Uoliinsoii, IJ. UiUauacli, J. I U. Sim, and W. Carncross, M.L.C. STRATFORD. J Tin- tollnwiny were elected:—Mrs. f Hackay (45), Mr. W. G. lieid <4l), * lrs i Howie (:18), Jlessrs. C. D. Sole (37), I I'. Skngiund (37), ,1. .McAllister (37), J 1' Tichbon (34), Hcv Thompson (32).,) iiiul S. Ilurgess C2!l). Mr. Sole was reeleleed chairman. HAWERA 1 . I 'l'ltom' selected were: Rev. Slioro j (chairman) and Kev. Cassell, Jlessrs. j 1,. A. Hone (Secretary and treasurer), j U. Tail, ('. A .Hates, Head, \Y. B. \- Crant, W. Wright, and C. Johnson. j NOHMANBY. j .Messrs. D. Green (cliairmau), G. Coekerton, S. Henderson. F. ,1. Sliriinpton (secretary and treasurer), F. .Meredith, X. Anenson, and I!. Hundley. MAHOE. Messrs D. L. A. Astbury (chairman), F. ,1. .lohnslon, It. X. Johnston, H. G. Bennett, J. A. Keut, W. Wisliart. TE KOTI. Messrs. C. Stuart, J. Dale, J. Eggers, J. E. Clegg, 11. Marsh, W. A. Cleaver (chairman), and J. Kenny. TOKAORA.

Messrs Mills (chairman), Rutledgc, Coekerton (secretary), Finlay, and Laurent. OHANGAI. Mesrrs Dwyer, O'Shea, Kerrisk, Kelly and Dyson. Chairman and treasurer, Mr. Kerrisk. ALTON. Messrs. ,1. W. Jones (chairman), 11. Hodge, A. E. Washer, C. Amos, R. Frew, W. Fowler, and W. A. Allen (secretary). AUROA. Messrs. Giraud, Proilit (cliairmau), E. Mcrhillips, Dunne, Mudford, W. Bradford, and Cochrane. MATAPU. Messrs G. Preeee (chairman). 11. Sutherland, John O'Sullivan, C. Gilfini. ('!. Stewart, J. Alderson, and J. Black. MAJTGATOKi. Messrs J. Marx (chairman and secrelarv). A. C. Pease (treasurer), E. J. I.inn. F. 11. Watts, K. J. Gilford. ('. MeG/uinness, and J. Ballantine.

KAPONGA. Messrs \V. Swadling (chairman). .1. B. Bcnnie (secretary, G. Death, Dr. Maelagan, S. Signal, and A. Grace. RAWIIITIROA. Xo comniitte elected. MANGAMINGI. Messrs, llickey, S. King, Best, Brown, and Bcrriilge. JIANGAWHERO. .Messrs. J. Bootten (cliairmau), A. Keinp, A. Harrison, J. .hird, and \Y. 11. Herbert (secretary and treasurer). OPUXAKE. Messrs. (ieo Looney (chairman), .las. Garcia (secretary),' X. Humphries, 11. Jlarkhain, W. Chambers, C. A. Trotter, and Rev McArtluir. RAHOTU. Messrs T. P. Hughson (ehairniaii), A. •I. Port eons (secretary), D. Anglesen. 11. Philips, A. Chapman, J. H. Bleakley, and A. Cramer. OAONUI. Messrs .las. Young (chairman, A. Uisk (secretary), ,). f. O'Horge, Jl. Deegan, J, Fleming, l>. (Jook, and I{. McFie. PUNGAREHU. Messrs. M. Fleming (chainnan). R. Fleming, T. Harvey, W. Havvcv, W. J. Guild, J. Taylor, and H. Layniau. KAHUI. Messrs S. J. Candish (cliairmau), S, Willoughby (secretary), E. Duggaii, W Fleming, and C. Clirisp. OPUA. The meeting of householders at Opus lapsed. PEMBROKE. Messrs. W. Fieldcs (secretary am treasurer), W. Body, G. Hall, Lacv Potts, R. lingers (chairman), and \V. l'eid.