EDUCATION BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 286, 30 May 1912, Page 7

EDUCATION BOARD

YESTERDAY'S MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Education Board was resumed yesterday morning, the chairman (Mr. H. Trimble) ing)The Secretary for Education wrote intimating that the Minister regretted that he could not see his way to make a grant for the erection of a teacher's residence at Douglas. TELEGRAPH MESSENGERS. A circular was received from the Post and Telegraph Department, inviting the co-operation of the Board in making known the advantages offered to boys joining the service as telegraph messengers, a copy of which it was decided to forward to each school committee in Taranaki.

LITIGATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. The Education Department forwarded a copy of correspondence with the Kaimiro School Committee respecting some trouble it had had with the former committee. Its- complaint was that on taking office in April last it found that its predecessors had a fund amounting to £l2 Bs, made up of subscriptions, proceeds from concerts and the like, which it refused to hand over. On taking the matter to law, judgment had been given in favor of the new committee, which now asked- the Board to pay the legal costs incurred, amounting to £3 3 S , otherwise members would be out of pocket.

The correspondence was merely received. A SCHOOLBOY'S LAPSE. _ In reply to the Board's recommendation of the cancellation of the free place held in the Stratford District High School by a boy, on the ground of misbehaviour on the railway, by interfering with the brakes of a running train, in the face of repeated' warning, the Assistant Inspector-General of Schools wrote stating that the Department was* unable to view the particular form of punishment proposed as appropriate for the offence. It accordingly suggested that some other means should be taken of checking so dangerous a practice. If! the headmaster was unable to take effec- j tive action, the Railway Regulations' | should be sufficient to deal with offences I of the kind. Nothing was done in the matter, the ; communication being "received." GENERAL. Mr. J. H. Penn, secretary of the Stratford Diskict High School Committee, drew atcintion to several repairs requiring t,o be put in hand at the local school. There were, he said, no means of warming the rooms; there were no hooks or shelving fixed in any of the offices, and part of the asphalt already laid down had been damaged by the contractor. He added that nothing was being done at the school by the contractor, all the workmen having left the job some time ago, ■ It was cruel to cause children to sit,in unheatedi rooms.—Reporting to .the-Board, the architect stated that the whole of the matters mentioned by the committee 'had-been-attended-to:-

J The chairman was authorised to write | to _ the Koyal Commission set up to enl- qui re i into 'educational matters, pointing ."put. the several matters Which it.considered should be brought before its notice. _ It was dscided to request the Educa- | tioa, .Department to transfer the tenure [,of.Miss.Doris"A. Lawn's national schol- | arship to the. Girls' High School in Waj -nganui. ■-•■ On the application of the local school committee, it was decided to make Tailor* school a full-time school from Julv l. r . "v".iOhv.the motion of Mr. Masters, it was -decided .lb-call a meeting of householders in the Radnor school build--ing for-the purpose of electing a school Committee' and devising the "boundaries i'of."bhe.i«ihool district. Mr. Rogers was •appdiiHe i : to represent the Board. , " The action' of the Pungarehu School Coinnrittee'-in appointing Messrs G. Goodingj'C: Crisp and A. Newport, to complete its cbmplem'ent, and the Urenui commit'«t"ee»lb appointing Mr. J. Smith, was con-■flTffl»t|-by!th.e Board'. '"t'F!ie"next meeting of the Board was feeTfor'Tiiesday, June 18, and the day following."'''.'

\ .VARIOUS WORKS. Applications from school committees for various small works were dealt with r y»,th,e.',fello»ving decisions:—That the re,pair£,'t(i furniture at Durham be referred.to the inspector with power to act; that .the matter of supplying a radiator for the Tongaporutu school, and the repair sto outbuildings at the Aliititi school be left to the overseer to deal with,.and that the Tongaporutu committee be granted a £ for £ subsidy towards the improvement of the Aliititi school- grounds the Board's share not to exceed £4; that the overseer be instructed to attend to the ventilation at the Pihama school; that the inspector be •asked to report to the Board on the application for additions to the Tikorangi and Om»ta schools; that the Board provide ' the material for the renewal of the fence at Matau, provided: the committee erect it; that Mr. Young visit the Rahotu school and report on the application for a subsidy towards the renewal of a school fence; that the application of the. iMakahu Committee for a book chest be referred to the inspector, with' power to act, and that of the repairs to the overseer, and, further, that a subsidy of , £ for £ up to £3 be granted towards the improvement of the school grounds; that the fencing of the Douglas school ground be referred to Mr. Kennedy, with power to act; that the York School Committee be granted a £2 for £1 subsidy towards the erection of a school shed, the Board's grant not to exceed £l6 il3s 4d, and that the committee be informed that the Board does not supply ladders; that the matter of re-desking at Ngaere and Fitzroy schools 1 be referred to the inspector, with power | to act.

OVERSEER'S REPORT. The monthly report of the bnilding overseer (Mr. C. IT. Moore) was as follows: Awatuna: The wash-house, bathroom and general repairs to the residence had been completed. Mangamahume: The wash-houso, bathroom, verandah and general repairs to the school and residence were completed, with the exception of the paint work. Koru residence: An addition to the kitchen and a chimney had been erected. Oakura and Lepperton: Small repairs had been put in hand rtt these schools. Kent: A radiator stove had been provided in this school. Stanley school: He bad inspected the chimneys, which he considered were not dangerous so long as they were not interfered with. Repairs would have to be mad'e to the window facings. Inglewood: The headmaster's class-room could be partitioned off at one end, and a room formed, the size of which would be 14ft by Bft. If there were any question of exchanging the classes, it should be settled before any alterations were made. General: The new Waihi residence was completed, and the school should be finished at the end of the week. As instructed,.Ac had gathered particulars regarding a new teacher's residence at Stratford. The plans had been, held over, pending further instructions. A start had been made with the new school and residence at Pukearuhe. The report was received, and- with re-

gard to the Inglewood Scliool the Board decided that the suggested alterations to the headmaster's room should he held over for a time. Upon Mr. Halcombc broaching the matter, the Board decided to see what money was available for erecting a shelter shed at the Waihi school.