S.C. BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2565, 7 October 1893, Page 2

S.C. BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The South Canterbury Board of Education met on Thursday. Present— Messrs S. W. Goldsmith (chairman), Howell, Talbot, Graham, and Gray, and J. White. chairman's statement. The chairman reported that he had received the resignations of Miss Mackay, of Ash wick Flat, on account of ill-health ; and of Mr H. Marshall, of Hakateramea, on his taking another appointment; of Mr James Lindsay, of Pleasant Point, on his joining the Government lusurance Department. The Geraldine Committee repommended the appointment of J. R. Gore (now at Pleasant Valley) as pupil teacher, and the Pleasant Valley Committee recommended D. McCaskill, of Temuka, in his place ; he would recommend that both be sanctioned. The recommendation of Pleapaut Point of a pupil teacher had been recalled, and the positi n would be readvertised. Applications had been received for the post at iSouth Orari, resigned by Miss Balfour, and would be forwarded to the committee at once; there were eight applicants, six being traiued in this district. The appointments recommended were sanctioned. GOVERNMENT GRANTS. A circular from the Department stated that the capitation would be paid for the current quarter on the working average for the June quarter. A letter from the Department in reply to a request for a special grant to pay for special damage by a nor'west gale (about £200), stated that there was no fund to draw upon for the repairs alluded vo. TENDERS. Tenders were opened for the Hannaton ,„hool : _D. Watts, £174 10s (accepted) W. McK. Thomson, £185; H. Foden,£185; W. Tubb, £197; A. Phillips, £197. inspector's reports. The Inspector submitted reports on the standard examinations of a number of schools. The inspector's general remarks on the examinations classify the schools as follows :

Good, very good, very satisfactory— Adair, Albury, Burke's Pass, Pleasant Point (except 4th standard class), Silverstream, Sutherlands, Totara Valley, Waitohi Upper. Very fair Cannington, Cave. Scarcely satisfactory, not satisfactory— Ashwick Plat (open less than a year), Fairlie, Milford, Fairview (present teacher in charge for six months only). " Order, attention, and manners " were favorably reported on in nearly a)', cases. Very good—Adair, Ashwick, Cave, Pleasant Point, Waitohi Upper. Good— Albury, Bnrke'B Pass, Cannington, Fairview, Silverstream, Totara. Satisfactory —Sutherlands. Fair—Fairlie, Milford. The chairman said that the list of schools examined showed a good month's work, an average of four schools a week examined. INCIDENTAL ALLOWANCES. A deputation from the Timaru School Committee, consisting of Messrs Mills (chairman), Harris, and Keith, asked for some increase in the incidental allowance. The board last year furnished the committee £l2l 0s 6d. Out of that the corruptee had to pay three fixed charges which swanked up nearly the whole—janitor at main school, £72; cleaning «i(te school, £2O 16s; scavenging, £26 ss; 'Z S RmWSo»Iy&Z*M for all other Pa it P °wai resolved, OH iU motion of Mr Talbot, seconded by Mr Jhat the application of the Timaril Schoolj Committee for an increase in their Incidental grant be referred to a committee consisting of Messrs Gray, White, and the mover for consideration, and report to the board on the whole question of incidental ' CORRESPONDENCE. _ COMMITTEES , o± "\_, nfl , llfl , the

T> -i i T 1 J " T flU Willi lUO Rangitata Island repo±. , ~ ■ fences and buildings were in veij 1 repair.—An estimate on the lowest possible scale to be asked for. The Hook committee requested a change of teacher, as they could not get on well together.—The correspondence was referred to Messrs Gray, Talbot, and White for consideration and report. Some correspondence was read respecting a storm in the committee at Pleasant Point, the rest of the members charging the chairmau with wilfully suppressing testimonials in favor of certain candidates for a pupil teachership—denying that he j had them—and asking the board if there was any means of displacing a chairman who had lost the confidence of the committee. The chairman wrote charging "dodgery" to the rest, and admitting that he did not read some testimonials.— It was resolved that the chairman be supplied with a copy of the committee's letter, and be requested to forward an explanation. A petition from residents on Lower Waifcohi asked for the erection of a school, the nearest being too far away.—The inspector to visit the district at his earliest convenience to meet the petitioners and report.