EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 52, 23 August 1911, Page 7

EDUCATION BOARD.

. MONTHLY MEETING. i The ordinary monthly meeting of the Taranaki Education Board was held last night. Present: Messrs. H. Trimble, A. Morton, W. L. Kennedy, A. 11. Halcombe, W. Rogers, W. C. Cargill. J. Young and G. A. Adlain. The Rev. J. A. McArtlmr took his seat on the Board as the member for the west ward upon the reading of the returning officer's report oil the recent election. CHAIRMAN. The secretary, Mr. P. S. Whiteombe, took the Chair, end asked for nominations for the position of chairman in. succession to Mr. Jas. Wade resigned. ' Upon the motion of Messrs. Cargill and Young, Mr. n. Trimble was elected and took the chair. STANDING COMMITTEES. , .' Mr. Cargill move that' no standing committees be elected. Speaking to the motion, he said that the establishment of standing committees tended to relieve the other members of the Board »f spnie of their responsibility, and it also had the effect of keeping them somewhat ip ignorance of much of tlie detail work, of the Board. He considered that it would be better for the Board to meet early on Tuesday, instead of on Tuesday night, and transact the whole of the business' ■Of the Board, instead of delegating much I of it to the finance committee. He explained that he had no desire to reflect, on the past or present finance commits tees, as they hod done good work; but he objected to the system. Mr. Morton seconded pro forma. He considered that the motion, if carried,, would be a mistake. Much of the business brought before the finance committee was of a trivial nature, and it was better that only a few of the members should have to meet to consider it than that the whole Board should be brought in for it. He pointed out that all the more , important matters were referred by the committee to the Board .for dis-' cujsioi). .. .• 'i ' 1 <• , Mr„ Kennedy emphasised that thei wprk.qf,the .fpnipiittee was of assistance to ,the chairman audit® the' Board, ; and ooppideyed that th(j Board would take much longer than the icommrtt,ee did- to transact its business. There was no reason why members, should he ignorant of any of the (.natters reported on by the committee,(for all the letters received were read together j , with .the report.' Personally, lid would! like to bp relieved ,of the work (on the j comihitte'e, for this would cause-him to 'lpse a 'clay less in jit-tending Boaijl meetings.' ' . ' Mr. Adlam. favored tlie retention of tire present system. ■ ' ' ' "Mr. Cargill, in. reply, said that most of "tjie speakers had made.out a case that the committees saved the time of the Board, He ,'sjd not see .that mu:h time was saved Wi the Fiimnoe Conimittee/, which opened an-jl read and coisidered Tetters, and fheij .reful them over again jo the. Board. .That looked like an unnecessary ' duplication, of work. 'Anyhow, the members, were appointe 1 to do this work, was po gooc reason for appointing a lew'of, their auWiber to do it. The. experience of most public .bodies was that ,meipbers took (greater interest 'in ..matters,, bef >re the open Board.' ''."Vljcfe business vas referred'to, CMjiniftees tlifere was $ tendency formtrabcre to consider t leir ir£;., 'Bponsibility-en<led' ! wlTeTt ! they" had passed itomriitfcei. , ; ... •Morton Toting' agstiiisif it!, ~. , " 'Mr. A! 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The inspector -felt. confident that for some years to coji).p,. the'district would require a larger school building than the one at present in use, and he therefore recommended that application be made to the Department for the addition asked for. Application for additions and for the erection of a, teacher's residence will be made to the Education Department. FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. The Finance Committee reported on the various matters referred to it and arising out of correspondence received since the last meeting of the Board, and recommended: That the subsidy to the York School. Committee for improvements to the schoolgrounds be passed I for payment, subject to Mr. Trimble's approval; that in reply to the request / of the Tanirutangi Committee, the matj ter of. additions to the residence be left I in the hands of tlie foreman to report on at the next meeting of the Board; • that in answer to the Te Kiri Commit-

l.:e\s ItU-er the lioard will subsidise the fencing £ for £ up to £3, and will I supply the necessary hedge plants; that' in answer to the Pungarehu Committee's , letter of the 30th July they Jie informed that the Board will supply the | necessary tar for asphalting the lloor of the shelter shed, the committee to do the ' labor; that in answer to the Tuna Committee's letter the foreman he asked to report as to the cost of a small verandah for the residence; tlmt the foreman be authorised to effect the necessary repairs at the Central School residence; that the necessary material he supplied to the Frankley Road Committee; that the letter from the Kaimiro Committee re ! additions to land for playgrouiids be referred to Messrs. Morton and Trimble for their report; that iri answer to the letter from the Waitara Committee, the matter of. desks and blinds 'be referred to the inspectors with power to act, and that the Boaird's foreman be asked to inspect the flooring of the older portions of the school arid report to the Board; that the foreman be instructed to have a chimney erected' at the Norfolk residence, tlie necessary repairs to the roof done, and a bathroom and washhoHSe erected; that the foreman be Authorised t,o make t,fie necessary alteratioiis'td tW eXit from the infant rooms at Stratford, as recommended in h«w»w ' The report, which also dealt several transactions in leases of saw!# Tfserves, was adopted.