TARNAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 164, 17 December 1914, Page 3

TARNAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. j The ordinary monthly meeting of the s Taranaki Education Board was held at . the Board's Office, New Plymouth,' yes- „ terday, when there were present: Messrs r 11. Trimble (chairman), G. A. Adlam, .' J. Young, R. Masters, F. Mackay, A. 11. Halcombc, E. Marfell, and A. Morton, j Leave of absence was granted to Mr A. M. Bradbury. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR'S REPORT. Mr A. Gray, technical director, rcport- . Ed that all classes had now been clos- . Ed down for the year. At New Plymouth . the total numbers for the various . classes had been as follows:—Day pup--3 ils: Commercial Course 50; domestic f course, 20; industrial course 24; total, . 94. Night students: English 1G; Arith- : 3 metic, commercial 17; mathematics, 8; i_ plumbing, practical 13; plumbing theoretical, 13; dressmaking, 13; invalid cooking, 5; cookery, 3; elocution, 12; commercial correspondence and precis, 7; shorthand and typing, 15; advanced ! 3 book-keeping and auditing, 3; book- ; i keeping, 13; mechanical engineering, 14; ' j electrical engineering, 13; machine conr struction and drawing, 9; cabinetmak- ; ing, S; total, IS2. ] ' There were, he said, already indica- [ . tions of an increased number of pupils ; for next year. The engineering course ' was proving most attractive to boys, j while the agricultural course, which it ' j was proposed to establish, would fill a ' . distinct gap in educational facilities in ' . the district. The question of increased accommodation was one which would 1 come up early next year. The art room 1 wculd be required for art work ex- 1 clusively, and the commercial class would fill the only other class room 1 they had. At least two new rooms i would be necessary. He appended a i list of further apparatus required for tiie proper teaching of electrical and me- i ' ehanieal engineering. He recommended f that these articles be applied for. i The distribution of certificates and i . prizes gained by day class students, \ and exhibition of work done during Jie J year would take place at the College ■ at tv.c o'clock on Friday next, when I the staff would be glad to see any members of the Board who could be present. All parents and friends would also be welcomed. J The report was .adopted, and various J payments recommended by the director I ! wera passed for payment. *, AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTOR. ( With reference to the matter of agr { cultural instructor,' which was referred j back to the special committee at the a last meeting of the Board, the committee 5 f reported that after further eonsidera- ,[ tion, thehy recommended:—l That an appointment be made of an agricultural j and dairying instructor for the primary ] schools as recommended by the Inspectors at a salary of £250 per amiun! <■ and tiaviiimg expenses. 2. That a I "\ teacher of agriculture and dairying hi » y appointed ler the Technical School at f New Plymouth, such teacher to spend | g three days of each week in giving in- I \ struction at the school, the remainde; ( of his time to be spent in giving lectures }, to farmers throughout the district, and in visiting farms generally, the salary c to Le £350 per annum and travelling f expenses. The committee made that ru commendation believing that land suf- c ficient for the purposes of instruction o would be available at a reasonable rent, lor the use of the technical students, j In moving the adoption of the re- \ port, the chairman said that the com- i niittee had gone very thoroughly inte ■ , the question. They had not been abl« j to fall in with Mr Gray's request for an ~ instructor at the Technical College . alone, but the recommendations would, he thought, be agreeable to all. With , regard to the land, he understood that j some eight acres at Fitzroy belonging to a gentleman at Leppcrton could be " obtained at a nominal rental for the first j 1 five or six years. The success of the whole scheme depended upon how many 1 students could be secured. If success- , .ful in its initial stages, he felt that it , would become a lasting institution of great benefit to the district. r Mr Mackay seconded the adoption. f Mr Masters considered that the time, was not far distant when an instructor , would have to be appointed solely for the Technical College. Mr Mackay questioned if the salary ; ? proposed for the schools' instructor was > sufficient. f „ Mr Marfell said that it was the same ■. *; as for a grade IV. school, and if found : ' necessary, it could be increased at any , time. The report was adopted, and the two . positions will be advertised. I OVERSEER'S REPORT. ( The overseer (Mr C. 11. Moore), re- , , ported that the new school at Huirangi , was just on completion. Sundry small '- lepairs were receiving attention at the . residence. Material had been forwarded i for work at the Stratford Tniant School, , which would be placed in hand in the 3 course of a few days. lie had inf speetcd the work required at the Tarata 9 school and residence, and this would t le attended to during the holidays. The ; present lavatory basins at Bell Block ; j were not satisfactory. He r. commended 1 that new basins should be put in and t j the drainage arranged on a better system. A new tank had been fixed at [' Tariki, and new spouting pieced on the 5 _ Central school gymnasium. He proposed nl to carry out additions to the Bird road e school during the holidays. As soon ;. as the road was fit to be carted over, . e material would be sent in to the new ( i school at Muskcr's. He*V: commended that the roadwav at the back of the ~ Technical College should bo gravelled j. with gaol gravel at a cost of £4 (including forming and spreading). He suggested that a small shanty should be r' built at the Kainiata school, at a cost s . not to exceed £l2. ',„ The overseer's report was received. 1p The following matters were referred to a the overseer to attend to:—Outhouses at „, Marco school; supply of two tables at t s Egmont Village; new tank at Radnor; minor repairs at Norfolk and Inglcwood. lie WEST END SCHOOL. fie Mr. W. F. Brooking, on behalf of Mrs, «- Mary Taylor, Mangere, ollered the Board i>y the section adjoining the South road fv school for £I2OO. he Mr. Morton considered that the sec. ' re tion was a very valuable one_ I Id The chairman agreed, but doubted if i'i- the Department would be inclined to pay lie the amount. li« It was resolved to refer the matter to '.V the chairman for enquiry, with a view t° to making application to the Department "' for a grant for purchasing the land, . :'e. FEANKLEY ROAD ADDITIONS. 0 f Mr. A. C. Downes, chairman of the •o- Frankley School Committee, asked the Board to favorably consider the question >r- of proceeding with the additions to the is- Frankley school during the forthcoming holidays. The matter, he pointed out, ed was an urgent one, and the children i; should not be kept in the gymnasium anMnjg r .'~ty w ft ß djffiiej, to igjpjat.

/the Committee that the Board had applied to the Department for permission /to proceed with these additions. ,WAIAU SCHOOL DISTRICT. (Mr. iA'. H. Halcombe, who represented the Education Board at a meeting of householders of the Waiau school on the Oth inst., for the purpose of defining boundaries of the school district, submitted the proposed boundaries, and also the names of the committee appointed, as follows:—Messrs. G. H. Wray (chairman), T. McKenzie, A. Cole, 11, Wells, and W. Syme.—The report was received, »nd the boundaries recommended will be referred to the committees interested. GENERAL. .. The resignation of Miss L. Hart, assistant at Stratford, was accepted. Leave of absonee was granted the following teachers:—Mrs. Winthrop, sole teacher, Tahora; and Miss Strachan, head teacher, York, on account of illhealth; and Mr. Blair, sole teacher, Patua, and Mr. Partridge, pupil teacher, Central, to attend examinations. The finance committee will report at next meeting on the matter of an increase of salary applied for by the Com. mercial Instructor, and also on matters affecting the salary of the office staff. A special meeting of the Board will be held on January 13, at 1 p.m., to deal with the appointment of probationers and pupil teachers, the appointment, transfer, and promotion of teachers, and any other business that may arise. Authority was received from the Education Department to proceed with the additions to the Bird and Musker's schools. The matter of taking portion of the Puniwhakau school grounds for a horse paddock was left in the hands of >Mr, Masters. ' It was resolved to again apply to the Education Department, and impress on them the urgency for proceeding with the additions to the Tataraimaka school. The Inglewood School Committee wrote, asking the Board to appoint assistants in place of the three pupil teachers, who retire at the end of the year.—The Board will consider the matter when making appointments in January.

SPORTING.

TARANAKI DISTRICT COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Taranaki District' Committee was held on Tuesday evening Present:—Messrs L. A. Nolan (in the'chair), Sole, Webster, Weston, Paul, Blundell, Pitt, Gray, Budge, Fraser and Chancy. Apologies were received from Messrs Good, Alexander and Standish. The programme of the Opunake Racing Club's meeting to be held on March 17, 1915, W'as approved. Geo. Clareburt was granted a trainers' license, and A. N. Goddard, N. C. Williams, C. Jackson, and L. Graham were granted jockeys' licenses. Gentlemen riders' certificates were granted to Messrs. J. T. Wade, F. W. Webb, F. Aubrv, J. L. Cramer, G. E. Clout, P. Collin's, A. Mitchell, and W. M. McCullough. Several other applications were granted subject to certain conditions being - fulfilled. It was decided to forward a jockey's j claim under the accident fund for £47 odd to the Canterbury Jockey Club. TARANAKI JOCKEY CLUB. ■> A meeting of the Taranaki Jockey Club was held subsequently. Several transfers for the Ist and 2nd Taranaki Stakes were approved as follows:—C. Machell from C. D. Greenwood, Meltchikoff. Jas. Hawkins from , ,1. C. Montefiorc, Lord Multifid. W. (lardiner, junr., from I. Duncan, BenMmian—Lady Principal filly. W. Richmond and J. Struthers from I. Duncan, Benzonian—Snowshell filly. L. A. Taylor from I. Duncan, Achilles—Peace filly. A. W. Rutherford, junr., from J. V. 'Reid, Rockeby—Mosca gelding. F. C. Davis from J. F. Reid, —Rockeby—Tea- ' cup filly. F. H. Pync from J. F. Reid, < Rockeby—Stepka filly. W. G. Stead from J. F. Buchanan.-Martian—Ukraine colt. Sir George Clifford from J. F. Buchanan. Martian—Neva colt. Mr G. E. Curry was appointed to act as deputy stipendiary steward for the Christmas meeting. It was resolved that no passes out be given at the lawn entrance at the forthcoming meeting, the club thus following the practice of all the principal clubs in this direction. It was decided to instal sanitary conveniences in the jockeys' room. Several other improvements were also I decided on. ' > j Four new members were elected.