School Committee.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 13, 29 June 1899, Page 4

School Committee.

The tmial montlilv ineptincf of th* abo\e wis held on Tuesday evening I present*— Mpssi s I-lamilton . (chair), PpoH (pee ), Butcher. Oamerom Rev.l M'cK. Gibson, Watts and M&thiaa. Th" headmaster was also present. Apologies M'pre received from 'M4Bsu< Tav'oi* and Nicol* '" Tljp nvnntes of'the previous raeetiug' were rend and continued. Correspondence wan read from theserrptarv of the Kdncation Board' a* follows:— (1) That the letter «»£' thY comniittPf v«» th" retaining of Mr* Thomas had been held ovw from lat£ Bnntd meeting ruing to lack of tinier (?) A letter deuiliiit,' the truant offi»*' fpr's dnfips. (3) Dealing with' th*. dosks for standard 11. (4) Info^rning; thp commifctpe that the tender of'A". ■ Philip had been accepted for repair*} to the school. A letter was received.; from Hie, Rpv. A. S. Morrison asking? that the Minister's Association could! prpsent prizes at the breaking up of' the school 1 The matter had b'eeiT attended to last meeting. The olmi'inan reported that the cog-- 1 tractor foy th ■ repairs could coiumenc#) work <on July Ist and would "finish it* a fortnight. * The holidays were fixed', accordingly, prizes to be presented i» flip Hiph School pupils at 2 o'clock oil' Fridnv June 30th. The headmaster reported that thk roll number was 456, and the average was 412. This gave an average nvira-i ber of 44 absentees, and this among other thinss proved the truant omcer'»i unfitness for his affice. After discus^; sion, it. was resolved to hand the nameij of the most plaring cases of truancy *to 3 the truant officer, and ask him to pro-"! Rf-cutp thfm. It was decided to lhae-^ v,'flsh .the outhouses, and put a ne\Tv top on the filter during the holidayt.- ] The head master stated 'that • th*; nveragc for thp quarter would beabontl 390 The stationery money amounted'! to about iJfiw A short disouspion on* the firewood question resulted in th#| decision, that the matter be left in th*. chairman's hands, to make better ar-^ rangempnts if possible. , | ! Messrs Hamilton and ■ Kcott wer«| appointed visitors for the month. \ j The spcretary was appointed toJiunt, up the missins flag, and have it hoisted^ on Friday. He was also instryeted^ to inform the Board that the bbuse-^ b6ldern of this district passed a resb-, lution in favour of the individual > pasß* I system, at their annual meeting. '. i Accounts amounting to £7 "6a were ! passed, and the meeting ended. *.

It has been decided that the annual conference of representatives qf Qlubij affiliated to the North and SAiijil Island Trotting , Associations, shall) open at "Wellington on the' eAeninj <&). tfie 18th July. Th,e Radng Coiifer-| ence opens on July,2Qth. *