CARTERTON NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 July 1913, Page 7

CARTERTON NEWS.

Our Own Corespondent. The monthly meeting of the Carterton School Committee was h?ld on Tuesday evening, Mr J. G. Moore presiding. The treasurer reported the general account in credit £5 lis lid, and the technical account in credit £1 19s 3d. The Education Board wrote that the agricultural shed would be.painted at the same time as the woodwork of the new school received attention. It was reported that gas> had been installed in the headmaster's room, and two rooms on the south side of the school. The action of the chairman in granting the children a half-holiday on the occasion of the Buchanan reception, and in regard to the nomination of Mr A. W. Hotter on the Education , Board were endorsed. The report of the inspectors were received and considered very satisfactory. It was decided to close the school an extra week during the September vacation to suable the teachers to attend the spring school at Masterton. The headmaster's requirements were left to Mr R. W. Fairbrother and the headmaster to attend to. The footpath in front of the new gates to the entrance of the old school is to he metalled and formed, and the playgrounds are also to receive a coat of metal in places where required. The Hospital Board is to be written to and asked if it were possible for the health officer to notify the headmaster of any outbreak of infectious disease, instead of the officer, as at present, notifying the Board, who in turn notified the headmaster, thus creating unnecessary delay. Mr C. Ellis was appointed visitor for the month. Arbor Day in Carterton passed over without any public celebration. The school children were given a holiday, and a number of young trees, presented by Mr Coleman Phillips, were planted, making a nuclei's of a shrubbery at the old school ?'" ounds. The settlers of Carterton tendered a return ball £o the Gladstone folks at the Victoria Hall on Wednesday evening, when a very large gathering resulted. An energetic committee had prepared the floor, and dancing was kept up with zest until the early hours of the morning to music provided by Messrs T. Fawcett (piano), R. Crawley (cornet) and Miss Mansfield (violin). A splendid supper was provided bv Mrs A. L. Whyte. Tlxe joint secretaries, Messrs J. G. McDonald, R. Kemble, and R. Herri,ek, backed up by a Splendid committee,-are to be complimented upon a successful function. Entries for the South Wairarapa Poultry Association's show, which takes place at Carterton next week, have come in well, and should the weather be favourable a successful show should result. Mr and Mrs Hunt and family have arrived in Carterton, Mr Hunt taking up his duties as etationmaster on Wednesday. Mi - S. Wright, accompanied by Mrs Wright and family, leave for Waipukurau on Monday. During his sojourn here Mr Wright has brought the Carterton station up to a very high standard, and Carterton's loss of an efficient officer will be Waipukurau!s gain.