S.C. BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Temuka Leader, Volume 1509, Issue 1509, 6 November 1886, Page 1

S.C. BOARD OF EDUCATION.

' The i&dntblymt&Ung of tie S.C. Board 6f Edacatiod iwi&Uheldaloft, Thursday. Present—MessjSß ,G< (Chairman), H-Talbot, R. A. Barker, and the d f X Jasper-Smythe. The mihutes’oT the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Rev.? J. < ■ SraytHeVlmotion re the appointment of.teagfier, a had examined the Washdyke,, Wai-iti, Seaview, Kingsdown, Clarelnont, Waimataitaj, Pafeora, St. Andrew’s, Sutherlands l ahd ,, Ple'asant i 'Pc)irit I ‘Sch(JO ! IS’. He had also begun the examinatioOfpfpsthe Timaru He regretted that he could noti«y J b‘efore' the Board the reports on all the schools he had examined, as he was still engaged ou thA'papers. He reports for each: month’s (work ready for the Board meetings. ; He suggested that in future .|i9 ( ahquld bp,a,utb,priced t 6 forward to the schools.;the result cf the "examination iu the - pass subiects as. early as,possible after the examination, instead of, daying them first before the ~Board, : -He considered that, the: presentarrangement unnecessarily interfered with the classification for the following year’s work,—Ou the motion of the ' Rev. H. 1 Barclay, the Inspector’s recoramendationfviias adopted.

: ’ ; Proposed by -Mr iTalbbt, seconded by Mr ' Darker, and carried—“ That the Chairman, the. Revs. Georgb,Barclay and *J; Foster.and the mover be a ScholarshipnCotomittee,; with power to appoint examiners, and to taka any other action that ; may' : Jbe> necessary,, the Rev. GrJßarclay to be convener,” Proposed by the' Rev. G, IBarclay, sethe Rev. T. J-. Smy the, and carried—" That the*following Building Committed' be appointed—namely, the Chairman, Mr Talbot, Dr Foster, the Rev. J. Smythe, and the mover, such Committee at an early date to submit recornmendatibhsre buildings to be erected, repairs,' etc;, to be carried out, etc., during’ the 1 yehr’lßß7/‘’' :! ‘ , . 1 Applications from ihe Oran Bridge and Waituna Creek School Committees were ordered to be attended to. sk

In reply to communication received from the Otago Education Board in reference to an: interchange/-of Inspectors, the Board decided that they, were not tn a position to fall in with such a proposition at present; 1 ! • a A tender was received from Mr Fitzgerald for leasing 25 acres of the reserve .at Accepted. Among the was the following relating"to this district From the- Gapes’ Vslley..,Committee, asking for a grant ,t o| finish; school porch. Estimate to be |°r> Jl i;-, From.the Rfmgitata School Committee requesting that steps should be taken to enlarge the school, as it is too small, and the children’s health will be likely to suffer fin the hot weather.—Referred to Building Committee.

From the Opihi School Committee, requesting that the boyi»’;and girls’ closets might fee-separated.—Referred to Building Committee. i The Rev. G. Barclay, gave not’ea that at next meeting he wbuld ask what means the architect “adopts to ascertain the bond fide character of work dorle’*in concrete befjore. giving a certifi v ~ ; Acpouuls were pasaod fdf payment, and, the Bourcl aaidu ; rhec‘i r ‘ * roqjrJi