MEETINGS OF HOUSEHOLDERS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1576, 3 May 1887, Page 4

MEETINGS OF HOUSEHOLDERS.

I SCOTSBURN. | The annual meeting of the householders I of this district was held in the schoolroom on the evening of the 25th iost., there being only a limited number present. Mr Robert Thew was voted to the chair. The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and confirmed. The report of the retiring Committee was read, showing that during the past year the school had been efficiently conducted under th'' efficieuf management of Mr Roskruge, .aixi 'li'itthe Board had appointed Mrs Whetton as sewing mistress, and good progress had been made in that department under her instruction. The Bchool had been examined by the Board's Inspector on the 9th February last with very satisfactory results. The receipts from all sources for the past year were £6O 18s Id, and the expenditure had been £49 Is 6d, leaving a credit balance of £Hl6s7d. The report was approved of, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the retiring Committee. The meeting then proceeded lo the election of a nev Committee, when out of 12 candidates nominated the following gentlemen were elected :—Messrs W. K. Barker, J. Freeman, R. Thew, F. Newman, J. Dean, J. Pithie, and R. Irvine A vcte of thanks was accorded to Mr Roskruge, the teacher, for the able manner in which he bad conducted the school during the past year. A vote of thanks' to the Chairman terminated the meeting. New Committee Meeting. At a meetiDg of the newly-elected Committee, held, immediately after the election, Mr R. Irvine was elected Chairman. GERALDINE FLAT.

The annual meeting of householders of Geraldioe Flat was" 1 held in the schoolroom on April 25th, and was but poorly attended. Mr David Shaw was voted to the chair. The minutes of the last annual meeting having been read and confirmed, . the following report of the outgoing Committee was read : Q-bntlißMEN,—There has been nothing very startling during the year that has jußt passed. The Committee have been trying to get some gymnastics for the amusement of the children, but the price asked by the Board of Education was thought too much by the Committee. A concert was held by the Committee in conjunction with the late Master, Mr Penney, whwh was a great success, realising the handsome sum of about £lO. This amount was spent on prizes for the children and other expenses, leaving a balance of £1 Is 6d. We have had a change of masters during the year. On the resignation of. Mr Fennoy the Gommittet secured the services of Mr J. A. Fitzgerald, son of the Rector of the Dunedin Training College, from whom we hope to see good results. The school is in good working order, but we are much in need of two new desks for school use, and some slight repairs need attending to. A class-room is also needed, as the school is far too small for the number of children attending it. We have a balanoe of £8 la lid on hand, but there are a few outstanding accounts, whioh will bring it down to about £2. 4fter some discussion the report was adopted. It ffas decided that the late Committee. viz., Messrs A. Hose, A. Kelman, G. South, J. Wilkinson, P. H. McShane, J. McQuillan, and D.Shaw, be re-elected. Meeting of New Committee. A meeting of the new Committee was held immediately afterwards, all the members being present. It was unanimously resolved that Mr D. Shaw be reelected Chairman. Resolved—" That the Chairman write to the Board re painting the school ; also for one new desk and form." Resolved—'• That the Chairman get the fences trimmed and gates mended, etc." Resolved—" That the Chairman notify the Board of Education that this Committee agree with Mr Steward's Bill re cumulative voting." Themeeting then terminated.