WAITOHI FLAT.

Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 118, 1 February 1879, Page 2

WAITOHI FLAT.

The annual meeting of hi nsehoklers for (lie pnrpo-u of electing a new School Committee v.as held at the schoolroom on Monday, January d 7. About fifteen persons worn pr sent, and Mr John Ta hot w-s elected chairm u. Before pro- ceding with the election the chairman a-ked the meeting to expr's< an opinion as to whether the clo.-iug of the school for a month during harvest was in accordance with tine wishes of the (listrid generally. After a long discussion of the matter it appear ’d that a cousiderabT majority o those pros -nt fitl y endorsed the eomm'ttees action. Tiie eh ctiou was then gone on with. T n candidates were proposed and seconded, and on a ballot being taken tue following gent enmn w ere dn y dieted : Messrs X) i ni> 1 Hailey, D vis I Tming, John Talbot, Samuel ' Currie, John \oimg, Junes Stevenson, and T..()inas L's'on A vote of thanks to the

■■hairmaii having been proposed the meeting terminated.

The newly-ele-ded committee then met and re-elected Mr J. Talbot as chairman. The minutes of the last meeting w uv read and m'S" some correspondence. Mr Currie proposed, and Mr J Young seconded, that tlie Board of Educifioii be requested to cause that the school he inspected as soon .as convenient, it being nearly two ye rs since the last examination, the committee being of opinion that the Inspector should visit the school on o every six months. A few other matters were attended to, and the meeting terminated.