NORTH TARANAKI SCHOOLS' ASSOCIATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 21, 12 June 1914, Page 4

NORTH TARANAKI SCHOOLS' ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL MEETING,

A meeting of the above Association was held at the close of t-110 tsohool Oom-init-toeH Conference, .Mr Smith- presiding. The chairman verbally reported: In view of the expressed dissatisfaction, of the" status of school committees it was decided to hold a meeting of delegates oi sohoo] committees' from in and around the neighbourhood of New Plymouth. This meeting was held in October last, and as a result it wis unanimously resolved to form an association of a)l committees who desired to affiliate. Immediate steps were taken to protest against various amendments that it was

proposed to make to the Education Act. These protests wore forwarded on to the Department, and as a consequence of other protests coming from other districts, the proposed amendments wore dropped for the time being. Other matters of particular impoirt/ane* to the town schools, such as the urging of a remission of the charge for water used a j the schools, special] matinee pi fcurcs of tin educational ivnturo. w-ptp ami .stops taken to have effect giwn to these desires, and although the As-ocia-tion hnd not rot l>eon successful, there was every indication that in the near future they might l>e able to point t» success. The lirv. ,T. A. Kempthorne, who \v;\s appointed' secretary, wn.t removed from the district, and his place 'lln'v by Hle of jVIfT U. .s. White, who entered into the work "I the Arsoeiation witli zeal. The. Association was instrumental in getting the Board to call a conference of school committees in January last, and an a result a series of resolutions were carried embracing the. desires of the committees assembled. These resolutions were duly forwarded on to tlie Board and the Hon Minwter lof Education. As for finance receipts amounted to a donation of <fc' and the expenditure to a little over £■»' but the incoming executive would have to arrange for a definite svstem of finance that would enable the Association to carry wit its true functions.. The chairman'* report was'adopted IMOTTWT OF OFFTCRIIS. The following officers -were electedPresident, Mr S. Smith (re-elected); vice-chairman, Mr ft. TT. l>o'bv. ,Wefarv and treasurer. Mr G. TT. Whiteexecutive. Mm i Reid, Smart. Do, V ik>s , and Short.

Tt was proposed that in order to pro vide funds for earn-in? on the Awocintion. each committee affiliated eonti'ilmlto the Association at the rate of M ivpupil with a minimum of 5a and a nmininin of £2.

Tin proposed rules were read and loft in the hands of the executive, with power to act.

A hearty vote' of thanks was neenrdod :o the outgoing officer's.