SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10350, 25 April 1911, Page 2

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

MEtEITINIGS OF HOUSEiHOLDEHiS;

(Continued from Page 4.)

PARAWAI,

Mr John Read was ©looted to the chair at the P'arnwai meeting of housJeholders.

AjMNUAL KJ2FQRT.

Dining tibia year youi' committee has held their! tegular monthly meeting's and dieait with the . business brought before it, all these meetings hawing been pleasant and harmonious. Tha headmaster and his staff have cianied out ,tho duties»» devolving upon them to the satisfaction of the committed. Tha roll number is now 231, being an inclrmse over last year of 13 pupils.

After veiy consddler&lble delay the Board of Education luas intimated that they will erlect a new* fencei on the south side of 'the grounds aaid your committee have notified the adjoining owners of the Board's decision and asking them to contribute their half of the cost- This fence is now an absolute necessity, as the young people have talkien a great inteitest in their flower plots and the boys this ye'ai' havei laid out experimental agriculture Ibeda We commend 'Loth teiaehiers and scholars in this effort, not only to study nature and horticulture, but also in beautifying tliei grounds.

Tha average atteaiidancia has also 'l>een very g)oiod a«d tho siicicess ar> hieved is selen to some: extent in that Standard V. presented 10 ciandidatee for examination, of which 7 gained proficiency and 2 competency, while the Junior National Free Place examination Joseph Waterho-nse and Elileeo Young were successful. •Wa -vVoiild again tha.n'k 1 those who havo contributed curios and specimens and samples to our school museum andl would solicit further additions to this most useful branch of our school wov'k.

Thei finance of the achool at March 31st stood as follows: Income £6] 12s lid, expensi-s to date £46 3s Bd, leaving* a, credit balance! of £15 9s 3d with which to meet the liabilities due dluring April, viz., £14 2s, 7d. The vouchers and statemeiniti in detail I.©ing now in the bonds of the "Board of Education's auditor, wa trust the incoming •'Committee may have a successful tim-ci nnd see the school piogress even mo-re than in the past.

The report as read! was received and. adopted.

ELEiCfriONi OF COMMITTEE.

The following gentlemen were elected to tho committee: Messrs J. Jtead (chairman), E. A. Daldy, A. G-a.rry, T. Trestrail, Ai. R>. Mayo, 0. Waterhouse, "W. Gubb, H. W. Moorman and J. T. Spargo.

■Mir 1 El H. Taylor -was elected) score tavy and treasurer.

A hearty v'ofei of thanks was acciorded to tha cut-going committee and also to Mf A. Gubb, a retiring oommitteieinan, wlip ho.s sicn-cd the school for a number of years.

Tha householders then retired and tho aommittea hold its first meeting in accordance Y'ith section 12-1 of the Ac*,