MOA SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 183, 9 January 1912, Page 6

MOA SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

QUARTERLY MEETING. j The quarterly meeting of the above association was held in the Inglewood school on Friday evening last. Delegates present were: Messrs. Hood (Ingl«wood), Therkelsen (Tariki), Boldt (Lincoln), Oodd and Egarr (Dudley), Kilpa trick and Williams (Waiongona), Simpson and Hodges (Durham), Capper and Dobson (Kaimata). In the absence; of Mr. Thomson, the president, Mr. Capper occupied' the chair. | The principal business wasi in connec- j tion with the amalgamated school committees' picnic, and the secretary (Mr. j Hood) stated what had been done in. the interim, and that it was necessary to come to some definite arrangemiemt right away. Mr. Boldt moved, "that the picnic be held at Moturda on the third Thursday in February." Seconded .by Mr. Codd, and carried. j i The president and secretary wewe< I deputed to see to train arrangement with the Railway Department, and it was estimated that both adults and children -would l avail themselves of the trip. It was carried on the motion of Mr. Hood, seconded by Mr. Therklesen, "that the secretary write to the N.S.S. Co. for use of steamer for sea trip." The secretary was asked to inform each committee as to final arrangements made re train, fares, etc., which will be done as soon as possible. There was no difficulty, it was stated', in getting tlw train to start from Tariki, and given a fiWday there is no doubt the estimated number will greatly exceeded, and, as Inglewood town to a man has in the past made the 'occasion of their school excursion a proper holiday trip, the inclusion of the smaller schools into the affair should result in a monster gathering. Committees not represented on the association are to be invited to co-operate, and it is hoped they will see fit to join in and help make the affair a huge success, as it should be. Mr. Capper (Kaimata) brought up the 1 question of schools being used as polling J places on election day, and thought it J not right that the school work should be interfered with on such days when other buildings were available for the purpose. The committees, he said, wore not asked regarding the matter, and it was not right, he thought, that such should ibe allowed. Mr. Therklesen (Tariki) spoke in somewliat similar lines, and stated that at Tariki (as at Kaimata) there was a public hall that ought to be used, and he quite agreed that something should be done to prevent the work of the schools being dislocated' considering other places were available. ' The views of 'both speakers met with the unanimous approval of the meeting, and it was decided to approach the Education Board as to the matter, and also write ,to kindred associations to see if united action can prevent a (recurrence of the trouble. . Mr. Boldt (Lincoln) grew reminiscent . in bringing forward the position of the children of the Bristol road who found it convenient to attend the Lincoln school, and stated that some years ago 1 I the settlers erected a wine bridge to _ jnable .children to cross rivers, etc., in order to save a long tramp to other '.schools, and'there was danger of their work being nullified by the action of the [iT>ccupier of the section erecting a fence across the track. He further added that tfoeite was a -possibility of the trouble •ibeSrtg. done away with for the present, I bah there was always a likelihood of a eteDHge of owners bringing it forward i agbm- The position was unsatisfactory, ■ jaMb* would like the association to keep ( tjtotmfctter in mißd>. . ililOtheiß present mentioned 1 instances oVhmieoKshildren found it convenient ta tif.tragei across country and thereby save j Tmjigs abroad, the Durham one in pairw(vtiicfiiiiqr.t).!The children on the top of b;<Jft>KfQltojzoad, by going through paddocks iMdidvwKjt rough (bridge over the Mah*ftftft'atnavei, have about one mile to go, ■•. W%reasHf permission is refused them to go tlushig];-property the distance they \ ->t(fwld[tlliav ;->to go would be somewhere ilJfltowteiu (tt nfe a nd four miles. The matv jtftrAiso,oiie fthat will bear looking into >ftnfl.;i(«isßist. nice should be given by the .'■.GoTttsainqiit to settlers placed in the ; iflbfeif sposi ion. ••iiljo ■■""■- "____