EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 180, 29 January 1914, Page 6

EDUCATION BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. At tlie mnntlily meeting of the Tara naki Education Hoard Yesterday. U:ci;e were present: .Messrs 11. Trimble ( : n Hie chair), A. Morton, W. L. Keiimdv, \ A. Haleombe, R. .Musters, <;. A. Adl-'uii, Young anil Rogers. Leave of absence was granted to Mr. A. M. Bradbury. >

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT. The chairman (Mr. H. Trimble) reported that during the month he had made, I a number of temporary appointments j to the teaching stair. The caretaker of the Hoard'* office; and the Technical College. Mr. Simmons, had stated that the work had increased considerably since he wis lirst appointed, jnainly owing to the increased number of classes held in the College, ami he considered that the remuneration was not sufficient. Air. Simmons was at present Receiving iil 12s (Id per week ami he stated that the average time worked by him during last year was :)(Va, hrs, but he received £t IDs in addition to his salary for extra work i-an-cd bv the teachers' and scholarship exa;einations. lie suggested it' he was granli-d assistance towards keeping Hie ground* in order it would meet the oa.-.e.

The report was adopted, and it was decided to increase the caretaker's salary by £l3 per nnniini.

ixsrEci'o'r.s report. The Chief Inspector, Air. W. A. Bailantyne, reported that some of the teachers had linen very irregular in their attendance at the Saturday elites. Seeing that provision had been made whereby teachers, without expense to themselves, had an opportunity of improving their efficiency, and at Hie same time qualifying for a ccrtili.ato. lie thought Hie Hoard might reasonably expect that the teachers should earnestlv endeavor to take full advantage of fie courses provided. He would recommend that the. teachers who had attended verv irregularly (according to the li-l appended) 'l>» asked if they had any explanation to offer.

The report was adopted. The teachers named therein will be sent, a copy of the record of their attendance, and asked for an explanation of their invs '■- larity. ,

ITXAXCE CO.\nmtKK. j Tile committee, reported tliat, afte r r consulting with tie director, and a'.so I with t!ie inspectors, the committee re- I solved to submit the following rccom- J moudutions for the consideration of the Board:— That tlie direc-toi" have charge of all technical classes throughout the district, and Unit he he placed in control of such \ manual' classes as may be held in the j New Plymouth Technical College, su., j ject to the chief injector's direction as 1 to what is to be done by these classes. I That £2O per annum be paid to the i technical fund from the capitation earn- ] cd by the manual classes in the New j Plymouth Technical College, on account of supervision. That all appointments ; of manual and technical instructors be made by the Hoard, after consulting with the inspectors and director conjointly. Thai the boohs of the manual and technical funds be Kept by the secretary. , That- when manual and technical instructors are paid a yearly salary, after the school classes are finished for the year the Hoard may require theui to take technical classes without payment. That tin: director's salary be increased by £lO per annum each year until it reaches the sum of £3OO per annum, the first inerement to date fron ■lamiary 1, 1914. Mr Master, mount the adoption of the report. ilr Rogers was of opinion that the Technical organiser'* salary was insuflicient. The chairman stated that it was as ; much as the Board could all'ord. Mr llalcombe belieW that the servants of the Hoard were too often wretchedly paid. The technical organiser possessed tact and energy, and was making a success of the :.cbcl.

Mr. Adl;im agreed. In too many case. 1 , in the past, the Hoard liail lost, the services of good men, because it would mt pay them enough. He moved that the organiser's salary he increased to £3OO. This motion was lost, but on the motion of Mr llalcoinbe, it was decided that Mr dray's salary be increased by annual increments of £ls, 'instead of £lO, until it reached £325.

overseer's report. The overseer (Mr (J. 11. Moore) reported that since th'j last meeting of the Board practically Ike whole of his time bad been taken up with the new class-room at the W'c-t End School, new wood workroom at the Technical College, and the work at Courteiiay Street. These were well on towards completion. Sundry repairs, including the strengthening of the ceiling above the infants' room at the. YYc-t End, had b-.-eii attended to at tli;.' same time. I One tank had been sent and fixed at Oaonui, one wa- on the way to Pungareliu, and one had been M-ut to Tuna. 11l regard to the Ngacre out-oll'ices, he recommended that these lie replaced ill iron. An iuHnictcd, lie visited the site of the. recent lire al Oaonui. The two chiiivneys and tank on the north .side of the building were little damaged, but these wen' the only' things left that were of any u.-e. lie allied the Board to consider the ad\isabiiity of purchasing a motor-bicycle tor him, as lie. found Hie ordinary push-bike was not suffi cieut to cope, with tbr. work. Supply of Material.--The supply of timber and joinery for new work was let by tender. For repairs, it was ens tomary to obtain material at the lift, rest place.

The oversew «■-_ instructed lo suplily In the next inertin» (if the l-'inav.ce Comniiltee an account uf tin- <|iiantilies of ironmmijjerv and pain'.s Used during tin- lust year.

Hi- rei|iiest. I'nr a motor-cycle was 10ferred to the Finance Committee.

(IYSERAL. The i[iiestioii of answering the jAlatau School Committee's complaint was loft to the chairman. On tli" recommendation of the chiaf inspector, it was decided to defer consideration of the additions to the Pmigareliu School until after the inspector's visit.

A i.'l-anl- of jEIO va- made to the Taranaki Kiif-liy I'nion towards the. Alt'. Ilavlv Memorial Scholarships for the years KIK! and 11114. A bonus of £lO was. on Hie recommendation of the chief inspector, made to the woodwork in-liuc(or. Mr V. W. Sandford, as a vcco^iiitio.i of the additional amount of time which he lias devoted to the Board's service lately. The tenure of 1„ T. Day's scholarship was transferred lo the Puhnciston

North High .School, on his own application.

Mr. V. Skoglund, secretary to the I Taranaki Rug'jy Union, wrote advising) that Muster C. A. Livwn, of Mi.- Hinti.ford School, nan wen Hi; Alt', liaylv .Memorial Scholarship.

.Mr I'. S. AVhitconibe was uvjpoinle.l auditor of the school committees' af:- jj counts lor the year ending February 23, 1!>14, at the usual remuneratio.i. It was decided to instruct the O'.o School Committee to remove the old school, as suggested by them. The resignations of the following teachers were accepted:—Miss N. 11. Ford (Central), .Miss I<\ Hill (Whangamoinona), .Mr 11. Livingstone (Kaimata) Mioses F. Snell (Kaimiro). Haddrcil I (Radnor Road), and ISrown (ll'.irimoana).

The following teachers were granted leave of abvnco : -Mr Winfioid (Frank ley Road) and Miss Edwards (Makalm).

A communication was read from tie Education Department, stating that tie. Minister regretted Iks inability to in crease, the giant for the. extension o the Yogeßowii school site. An extra £1 was granted to the Mat.i. School Committee towards asphaltin; the shelter-shed floe r and the paths.

The resolutions forwarded by the com billed meeting of sc'ioo] committees weri he'd over until Hi? next meeting.

The Education department advised Hint a grant would b. l lb-.- establishment of a school at Mfmi.

Accounts amounting to £P,074 12s Ibl were passed for payment'.