S.C BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1543, 22 January 1887, Page 4

S.C BOARD OF EDUCATION.

; The. ordinary adjouraecl meeting qjf.this Board was held op Thursdays j Messrs S. W, Goldsmith (Chairman), R. A. B-Jik'r, J. Jackson, the Revs. Geo. Barclay and J. Smythe, and Dr Foster.— The Chairman apologised for the absence of Mr Talbot. . m • ; -". 'ij- ! The Chairman stated that r commendations'"affecting teachers were,as follow j,* I—Miss lAvison to the post of Infant Mistress to the , Timarp Main,School; Mount Gay,Mr A. South wood ; ©pihi, Mr Allsop ; Milford, Mr Josephs ; Geraldine, head master : Mr Aitken,; head ims-i tress Miss M. 0. Pearfon. The whole of the recommendations were agreed to with the exception of that relating to Mr A. Southwood. . . i | The Chairraa'dreported that the tenders for additions to the Wsimatuitai and other schools had ibeen accepted, and the: work was ; going on. Tenders for a master’s house at Kakahu Bush were submitted to a subcommittee, buf ; were found too high'.and;, had been retu'inqd. i} 51' " The Architect' reported that the’‘#orks in hand were going on'satisfactorily. A number of reports on schools inspection were read. aed the Secrdtaay was. instructed to forward them to the several School Committees. ( , : The Inspector's general report was read, dealing with the slate of Hilton and other school's, ’’ Correspondence of interest to this district vras dealt with as follows ;— 1 ,, From 1 the Gapes’ Valley School Committee, applying fora grant for lining the granted. Frith the Rangitata Committee, asking’ for funds to built a woodabed. -Eatimate required. ' ' From Mj. King, offering ,to lekse, the . school reserve at Geraldine .—Accepted. From the Burke’s Pass Committee, asking to be supplied with a,well or tank, or proper water supply,—£4 10s granted. From the ~Opihi : iSchool Committee, respecting "the removal of’ closets.—£3 granted. From the Temnka Committee, ; recommend ing--Miss Florence -Brown as-third teacher. Miss Brown was appointed. ,The Scholarship Committee’s, rpnort-jAas read by'thb: Her.‘Mr Barclay atf foilblws:— The examination commenced on January 4th and cbnc oiled on * ihe '7th. Only nine junior and four senior candidates presented themselves, and out of the 40 schools of the district' 'only 10 wine reffjsented by candiduies. The n,.ui-*s of the candidates and marks gained by each are as follow JPNIOH SCHoi/AES. ! Candidate. '■ School; Marks. Charles Meredith : 'Kakaha Bush 480 Maud Lawrell Pleasant Point 476 John Rose Geraldine Flat 433 Thomas Sinclair Timaru Main 426 Margaret Miller Waimate 409 William "Wiggs , CutbbertShaw , . Geraldine" Flat ,355 Margaret Gilmbur Fairlie-ldreek 323 John Morton Totnuka 268 SBNIOB SOHOLABS. Thomas Stewart South Orari 794 Amy Fiefiold Woodbury 734* James Colbert . Geraldine 595 A Richard Stonehouse Gera'dino , ’ 380 In the juniors, Miss Lawrell, and Masters 5 Meredith, Rose, and: Sinclair were awarded scholarships, all but the latter, who u resides in Tjmaru, being voted lodging allowance. Among the seniors, Miss Fietield and Masters Stewart and Colbetfc were given scholarships of the maximum value of £3O. Mr Barclay said on the whole the examination was very weak, but few of the candidates showing that they were prepared for the work set them.

The report' whs adopted and a vote of thanks was passed to the Scholarship Committee! and to the gentlemen who • acted as examiners..!; vii: The meeting,(hop,detminated.