EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 299, 27 May 1915, Page 3

EDUCATION BOARD.

I THE AIOXTIILY MKICTIXU. I' The usual monthly meeting of the ] I'aranaki Education Board was held I yesterday. I'resent: Alcssrs If. Trimbls , (chairman), A. Alorton, E. Alarfell, .). Alackay, A. M. Bradbury, R. AJastcrs, ,J. Young, and O. A. Adlam. A report was received from the .finance Committee recommending that Air. A. Cray's salary be increased to per annum, increased by file annual illcreases of .Dill to .C-Ji'i. Ociier suggestions in Air. Cray's romiiiun'catioii to the board were not considered advisable. The recommendation was agreed to.

STRATFORD 111.011 SCHOOL. The secretary of tlie Stratford district, high school forwarded two resolutions passed at the householders' meetings. (1) That tlie Minister of Kilncation be approached with a view to impressing upon liini the necessity of the establishment of a h gh <chool at Stratford, as tlie number of pupils now attending the I primary and secondary departments of the district high school had reached /Till, and will certainly continue to increase; (2) that ill any arrangement of education districts the necessity of retaining the Taranaki District be pointed out, also urging the enlargements of the district to embrace the whole of the province. The committee requested the board to endeavor to further the realisation of these wishes. Air. .Masters said there were 7f>o chilj dren attending the school, and something would have to be done shortly. The chairman agreed that sonic improvement was absolutely necessary, and the chairman and Messrs Masters, Alarfell, and .Alackay were appointed a committee to report on the question. TIIL TLCIIXICAL COLLI:oi<;. 'I lie chairman said when Air. Isaac ((lie department's inspector) was in New Plymouth he pointed out. to him the necessity of enlarging the Technical College buildings. Air. Isaac suggested that, a two-storey building should be erected in brick on Hie east of the pi- ;- ent grounds. The board had been granted 11711 to bi' spent on electrical plant, but they had no place to establish il. Mr. Isaac also recommended that if this was done a smaller scheme could be adopted in connection with the main technical building,. It was decided that application b" made to the Department for a grant for the additional accommodation at the X'ew Plymouth Technical College in accordance with the plans supplied by the overseer.

I TECHNICAL DIRECTOR'S REPORT. Tin' Technical Director (Mr. A. (Inn ) reported:— The quarterly examination results reveal a very satisfactory state of progress. Five additional typewriters have come to hand for the use of the commercial class. The department lias approved of expenditure for the dill'erent classes as follows:-Electrical engineering apparatus .CIOS 15s. applied art .-C2ti Is lid; commercial class equipment C 7 lis (id; mechanical engineering £4O Bs •id. This ifcldition to the apparatus will bring the equipment I'airlv well up to date. '1 he report was adopted. ovi:iixi;r.!rs report. The overseer reported that minor alterations and improvements had been carried out, at Kiore, Tluiroa. and Omata schools, lie also stated that the drainage at Tikorangi school required attention. The additions to the Tatarainiak.-i school were well in hand. The report f.ddcd:—As recommended by the technical inspector, I have got out a plan for ii two-storey engineering workshop anj lecture j-ooju combined, to be done ill brick. 1 respectfully submit specifications and general conditions for furniture supply. The specification provides two prices, one for furniture in the Hat and one for the complete work. The report was adopted, and if v.-a.V decided that tenders be called fur furniture as suggested.

('K x It whs decided that Mr. Adhun's report (in tlio householders' nicetinjr held > t Pitotic be received and a description lit the proposed district lie referred to the Oknto, Kuril, and Tatarainiaku committees I'or their approval. The application from Hie Toko School ?*onimittee for Die enlargement of (li»ir school "rounds was referred to Mr. Marfell to report on. Jt was agreed:—"That tliis lioard is in accordance with tlie wislies of the North Canterbury board with regard to holding a conlereuce of boards to discuss the Kdueation Act of 11)14. Messrs Trimble, Masters, and Morion were appointed to represent (he board at such conference if held. Adßim/ruuAi', corns!-:. Mr. IT. (!. Sergei reported as follows on the agricultural course at the Technical College:—"On the one half of the farm the crops are sliowin;.' up we'll and vigorous, and the sprinkling of beans in the oats and barley is quite notice:!ble. On tlie other half we are getting 011 with (he and are usinjj'a ftirrow pl°""l' with only one wheel, lent us by ,Ur. ('olson. This is not so easy for the boys to manipulate to obtain ;i flood result, hut the practice is invaluable. We are turniiur over that part, ■which we hope to put into orchard. Jn the little time at our disposal the boys are continuing (heir work of estiniatin * the lime in Mr. Loeney's limcston\ v/liicli is showing a ;.rood percentage, anil also in one or two samples of soil." The report was adopted.