Householders' Meetings.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 49, 29 April 1899, Page 2

Householders' Meetings.

There were about f>o householders Tiresent at tlio Pishiet High School on Monriav e\ciuig. Mi Ta\loi \\<is xoted 1o tho chair. The nimntes of last, annul nu'e I'm^ wp'ti'ckl and confum^l. As In ,iness rising out of tli3 minutes, the eh 'ul - mati said lie h.id wuttcn 1o the Tencheis' Institute, sitting in VncVand i-mc'o ing resolution passed at laso iinn'ul 'M^Hig 10 aboh lung the present system of in I'u-daal'p-i-.-es, but the Institute lrid 1 iV-n no notice ot it. Tho Oigo F, lie! ion Uoaid was bnng moved in ilii si'iis direct-on, hut Ih<> mi, tei \\a? now b. i foio tin 1 Mimstei of Elncation. The following is ai ab,tia"l of the comm'f'ee's lcpo'fc foi 1h' 1 oi^t\ear: — This was bMiowd to Iv th" o">!h annul repoit. Til 3 a\ oi i'^ 1 af f e ldanc', 117, short.^l n, faMvig of; as hid b >on tho ea-,o muce ISIS. th > x\ii'.™ to L tho pi-t foav voa sbMn;4s,). 4'J7, 127. HT. l-'oi' tbj past quitter, tho ,->tt? idmco !r>d b" mi ;K)o\ aad vi oi IiI 'i t') !)-> oii't'tl^l to tho piO3(?nt Ma'f ot t",xch-r,. at bi.t 110 must be m untuned \.t Ilio sti.id.vd examinations, there o:il\ si\ failings in tho school. (ii'Ut sati fi ■' on v.is c\-pres-ed at tho h"jlih s >h^,'"tov\ import of th- liiio^ctoi. Tne cm-oMc icxnlts throughout the school wcio lnd'citr.o of the .ihihfcv ot Hie s! u-is a whole, and a tnbute to the oi'^iiium" and d.iectin^ genius of the h M,dnn->t<T. Pitcai'thlv. Good woilv hid l)^ j n done in the second in rlinm lnr"t. 'Di 1 >eir com nienced with 46 p mk, a, 1 1 the number now on the books i> "i. hi consequence of the lsu<™ ni'mh'T of s' jeondnr\ niods at Iho b'\i piiii^ of tho-s.'M' the \Y,uun,te lli-Ji School ]5 md. with the concuiicnc 1 of th^ South Cintoi Ibui*. Boa^-l of Elacitri.i. nppoiatcd Mi^s 35 Law assistant te "-her in socondaiy f,nb] Q cts. The ],id\. who pro\ed herself a capable teacher, hnd sin.'c b a cn appointed 1o a position in the X.'o'or CtvW ITi^h School. TliL-ee puiils li id \u>n I'] lucition ]}oaid scholar^! p-., two s^nioi3<ind a ]imk)L-. and tvo oth'us ln,d passed the jtvuor Cml Set vice evinrnation. Wm. Stew vt b 'ing 4 Mi and Roy Mitchell 3J.ii out of 400 cvididite', Thiee pupil t.vxclrn-s had gained T> cm ti'icate-,, and one an I'j cei'i'lcate, and four hid imluca-lfi.'-pfl. Tlncp I^pch'i-. jMiss T,o->\ , AV-i,lv°, Mr Collins, hnd 1 --ft, and Messrs ijiuncr mid Tliomas hxd been appointed. Miss "knfnidv, Mr W. Th inns, and A[r (ieo. ilson had completed tlnr terms as prpil teicli^is. With the reception, that a po'fou of tho ceiling had rccenth Q,i\fn a\\a\. the school l)'ii!dinqs weie now m good oidei. r,om^lunentnr\ refcierce v/as midetolhe ]amtoi, Mr Fagi,n, for th" \\n\ 1.1 wlrch lie discharges his dunes, to M: Rrownt, the stationmaster, <oi the cut and eourt^sv in connect'on \\ ith school exclusion to Omia-u, and to Mr X 7). S.vmdeis tor lusa nlua'oh' sei \K*es 1 1 dulhii^ Uetereuce was micle to the unfnih'i'j of the Union Jack bv Mrs Stnclholni" .md lo the sei vices ot the ltov. Geo. r)iula\ m th" mteiests of the <i"hool on the Rducition Uoaid. The relations between thp committee and the boaul been pleasant and the auditor complimented the committee on the manner the accounts v ci'f kept. Total lcceipts for the.-veai- £S~> 11s Sd ]'',\nend'tore, ixnitoi-, £26 IH, 4d ; fuel, £14 Iris 6d ; lepairs, etc ,£U 12s 10,1 ; pri/es, £18 13s 6d ; total, £12 ISs l 2d. Most ot th" committee had \tt Q nded well to thru duties. Mr F Kusscll, lefemn^ to the attendance, said on ni.mv v, et da\s children were kept past the dmnei hour, and sent home for the da> m the middle of the afternoon. Ho would like to ask for an explanation. The headmaster explained tint, by authoiifcv of tho chaumnn, at 12 TO. if it -was going to be a wet day, the infants weie kept ] - i[) - '^ AG y " ofc 110 P lay » except ] hour, thus lo n« \ hour. The elder ones were kept till 2, losing half an hour's schooling. The children knew that if it was a wet day they should bring theii Kmch. The chairman sail to mainta'n Hie aveiage of the school was the reason for keeping the childicn. The aveia;e\\as roing down, nnd bv countmg one attendance only in the day tbo^ had been ti %-mg to keep it up and keen Hi^n-staif unbroken. Mr Atwill asked if a balance sIT> j t was diawn up in connection with the fl ig procured. The chauman said Mr Petit, who had chaige of the matter, piepaied a ba\ince sheet to the satisfaction of the committee. Mr Atwill saul the subscribers had a right to see a printed account of a public subscription. Mr Boreham thought the balance sheet .should be produced, but no one moved in that dnection. The report wis adopted as road. Nominations were then received for aiext year's committee. Messrs F. AMmrst and Cholmondeley

wei*3 appo'nbol scrutineers. The following .ue tin nominations and the lv^ult of tli3 \otni<?. — Cameron, 41, W. L. Scott, P>f>, Klcol.ol, Watts, 31, J. S. JS.itchoi. 32, W "\[. Jl\iniUon, 32, Gibson, 31, T.ivlor, 2-5, M ithias, 23, Bannerman, 22, Petit, 21, Hiorns, 20. The liist nine weie declared elected. JMi Coltiiiiii proposed a vote of thanks to the stfilf They had uoiked cuthusi-R-jticallv. Tlie pjieoiuajjo Avas so hrjh li-,t wmv thifc ioi- tha ne\t year thoy nm-,i cepjot it a little lowdv. Jiat the pjiP3'it,i^s coald ba nuch lowoi aad the piv-?ti^J ot the s'''r)'jl niaintain^d. This w.v, sopO'i'lj'l by l)r Barclay. T!u> molio'i \va' c.iuioil. Ml- Pit" ufchly returned thanks on behiU oc tho committee. A vota ot th inlvb was given to the outgoing Po.n.mtU'o. Mi T.islol i.i aclcnowledqm^ the motion foinl hj wn pleased tho ho i^ehold >vz rec i >,u,ed t!i it the 1 committae li.id at le.i->t tn.'d to do it^ dut-\ The thi'ik, ot the niv3cting was passed to the ] Xiiitoi* ior the cl^an and oi lo.l> iu inner in ulucli tha QioiTid- u l ie kept. Mr l3iU'h-ii"r inosod a he,ut\ vote of tin iks to Ml 1 T,i\loi, the cluuiman, who al^o act-d as secret irv. Thn w.is soco.idjrl nnd carried. Mt Tt\lor said it hid been a duty and a pleisure at the same tvm. He had do le his best tor the eight A^ars he had buen a member, seven ot wlncli he had boon chanmnan. He would continue to ser\o the school to the bdA of his ability. A vote of thanks was passed to the sciutmeers. Tne chairman moved a vole of thanks to the Rev. G. 13aicla\, vvho diol i\ed a great amount of onthusn-,111 and eneigy m connect. on with the school. Mr Gibvm seconded the motion, which ■was cariied. A vote of thanks to the chair terminated the meeting.