MEETING OF HOUSTHOLDERS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1132, 29 January 1884, Page 3

MEETING OF HOUSTHOLDERS.

The annual meeting of the householders in the Temiua school district was held last night in the schoolroom. There was a large attendance, about 100 poisons being present. On the motion of Mr Russell, Mr K. F. Gray took the chair. The minutes of the previous annual meeting having been read an'l confirmed the following report of the outgoing Committee was read : '' As directed by the Education Act of 1877, your Committee have pleasure in submitting for your approval the following report and balance sheet for the year ending 31st December, 1883. " School Scaff.—As you are aware, there have been several changes in the staff during the past year. At last annual meeting attention was drawn to the loss of one who had long taken an interest in school affairs, fand during the past year the district has sustained tiie loss of Mrs Rowe, who has been an energetic and faithful teacher in the school for the past nine years. It is, however, satisfactory to know that for the current year you have a full and efficient staff, consisting of :Mr John Wood, head master ; Mr E. W. Gurr, second master; Miss H. M. bilbrooke, infant mistress; Miss B. Bv.nvu, assistant nrstress ; "Vlissee M. dus.sell, F. Brown, I. Morton and G. Rjwe, pupil teachers. " Buildings.— The buildings now occupied, and which have been erected during the . Committee's term of office, are (of themselves) all that could be desired. Still there are yet several articles of furniture required, which the Board will doubtless supply shortly. "Finances.—You will observe by the balancesheet that at the commencement of 1883, this Committee »t«rted withabalance of £1 13s 6d. It is now their pleasing duty to show a balance of £8 14s lOd to credit of the coming year's acount. The amount of £2O special grant made by the Board of Education for tree planting in 1880, and which was spent by the Committee of that year in incidentals and afterwards saved out of the receipts by this Committtee of 1882, was held intact by the Committee until their meeting on 28th December, when, _ after careful consideration, it was decided to refund the amount to the Board, as that body had made application for it, stipulating that they (the Board) would make a special grant for tree planting when the season comes round. It will therefore be necessary for the new Committee to bear this in mind. "Fuel.—This Ccmmittea r«gret to report that, whilst the expenditure under this item '>as been £ll 6s 6d, the receipts from scholars deriving the benefit has been only £4 ss. " Meetmgs, etc. —There have been twelve ordinary and nine special meetings held during the year, which have been well attended. Messrs O'HallOran and AspinaU have been elected to fill the vacancies caused by the reurement of Messrs Mackay and Pearpoint respectively. The relations of the Committee with the Board of Education and its officers have been harmonious and sat ; sfactory. "Prize Fund.—The concert given on Bth October in aid of the prize fund resulted in a gross receipt of £3O 143 ; less expenses, £6 6s Gd ; net total £24 7s 6d. Less amount expended in prizes, £lO 9s 3d ; leaving a balance of £l3 8s 3d, which will be handed to the Chairman ot' the new Committee for prize fund purposes only. F P "K. F. Gray, "Chairman."

The balance sheet showed that tho Committee started fie year with a credit balance of LI 13s 6d, aDd received from the Board of Education, for the payment of salaries, L 654 18s Id ; for incidentals, L 63 Os Id ; for rent of! 1.0.G.T. Hall (which for some time was used as a schoolroom),L3ol9s; and for sundry other purposes, L 9 6s lOd. In addition to this the sale of school requisites realised LlO 13s 3d ; a balance of LI was to the credit of the prize fund, and L 4 5s was subscribed to the fuel fund by the children; the whole receipts amounting to L 775 15s 9d. The expenditure included LGS4 18s Id' for salaries, L 34 lis for cleaning school, Lll 6d'6d for fuel, L3O 15s for rent of 1.0.G.T. Hall, Ll 4 He 3d for stationery, lGs Gd for advertising, and L2O Os 7d for sundry other expenses, making a total of L 767 Os lid, thus leaving a credit balance of L 8 14s lOd. Mr ' Russell congratulated the. Committee on the excellent report they had submitted, and moved—' That the report and balance sheet be adopted.' _ Mr Edgeler seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. The Chairman thanked them for the confidence they expressed in the Committee of the past year, and would assure them it would be fully appreciated. The Committee had worked admirably together last year, and he now took the opportunity of thanking them for the harmonious way in which they had assisted bim in carrying out his duties. It was a year of much anxiety to them, but they had done their best, and he felt pleased that it had met with the approbation of the householders. 1 ■ Mr Russell proposed a vote of thanks to the retiring Committee. The motion was seconded by the Rev. I Mr Gordon, who reminded those preseut that the Committee had a great dea! to do last.year in connection with the new I school, and pointed "ut that they hud [ done their duty well. Th<* motion was cirriedby acclamation. The Chainn.n acknowledged the compliment, and assured the meeting that it would be duly i.ppeciated by the Committee. . , The election of a Committee tor the ensuing year was then proceeded with. The following is the result : Messrs G. Bolton, 54 , J. T. M. Mayhurst, 52 ; Rev. D Gordon, 51 ; J. Blyth. 47 ; G. Edgeh-r, 47 ; J. W. Mies, 44 ; A. R. Kiik, 41. These being the highest on the list, were declared elected. . „ ,',,.■ ,' The following is the list of th« defeated candidates :—Messrs J. B'own, 37; *V. Storey, 35 ; K. F. Gray. 30 ; J. Dhvih, 24- Rev. T. A. Hamilton, 20; H. T. Clinch, 19; B. D. O'Halloran, 18; \V. Wills, 6 ; W. G. Aspinall, 2 ; and E. Pilhrow, 1. Messrs Gordon Wood and A. A'lan acted us scrutineers, and were accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Mr Twomey moved a vote of tbanl g to the Chairman, which was carried by acclamation. The Chairman in reply said he never saw a more orderly meeting. In fact it was a pleasure- to preside over it, He hoped

tli- next Committee would pr diiee as g(.o I a report as the last. He had very littlo doubt but that it would for they had a splendid staff of teachers, in whose hands the education of their chldren was pretty safe. The meeting then terminate!. THE COMMITTEE. At a meeting of the newly-elected Committee held" immediately afterwards, Mr A. R. Kirk was elected Chairman. Correspondence from the Board of Education wat read stating that the dividing fence would be put up immediately. On the motion of Mr Blyth, seconded by Mr Bolton, it was resolved—" That the Rev. D. Gordon and Mr R. A. Barker be nominated members of the Board of Education." At the request of the Committee, Mr Rout consented to act as Secretary for the ensuing year. It was decided to hold the meetings every third Tuesday in the month.