SCHOOL ELECTIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 676, 26 January 1881, Page 2

SCHOOL ELECTIONS.

GBEYTOWN. The annual meeting of householders of the Grey town school district was held on Monday, at 8 o'clock. There was a large attendance, and Mr Baillie was voted to the chair. . The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and confirmed, Mr Bock then read the.report and balance sheet of the former Committee. The latter showed that the gross receipts for the past year were £9617s sd, add the expenditure £93 4s Id, leaving a balance in hand of £3133 4d. The assets were stated as £2l 3s Id, and.liabilities £22 15s Ud. The report showed that the OomniiUeß had executed a.large amount of serviceable work to the school and ground during the twelve months, and stated that application had been made to the Board for further. additions; also that they hadrecommended the appointment of Miss Ynrk as infant mistress. It expressed the satisfaction of the Committee with the efforts of the teachers, as shown by the Inspector's report. It was resolved on the motion of Mr Loasby, seconded by Mr Hawke- That the repurt and balance sheet as read be adopted. The clauses of the Education Act referring to the election of Committees having been read, the following gentlemen wero nominated .-Messrs Bock, St, George, Beard, Wakelin, Cotter, White, Jackson,, Smith, Wood, Hollard, and Skeet.

The ballot showed the following result (Mr Bell boing appointed scrutineer) : Cotter, 24; Bock, 23, Wood, 22; St, George, 22; Beard, 21; White, 16 ; Wakelin, 16; Smith, 16; Bollard, 14; Jackson, 10; Skeet, 8 The first seven were therefore declared duly elected. Mr Cotter briefly thanked the meeting for having placed him at the head of the poll.

Mr Bock, in thanking the meeting for having again elected him, called attention to the present absurd mode of electing Committees. He pointed out that one or two could put in anyone, they liked, by giving them their whole number of votes,: whereas some who. did not poll • euffi-' cient votes to elect. them had a greater number who voted for them. •

Rev Mr White quite agreed with Mr Bock that the system was" a bad one, It was meant to protect minorities in large places,- but it did not work. well in country places, He proposed, and Mr St, George seconded—That in the opinion of' this meeting the present system of voting for the election of School Committees is inexpedient, and that the.Committee be requested to forward the resolution to the Government.—Carried.

* It was resolved on the motion of Mr Loasby, seconded by Mr Jackson—That a vote_of thanks be passed to the retiring Committee for' their services durino the past year.'. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings, COMMITTEE MEETING, The newly elected Committee met after 'the annual meeting, all' members bein» present. The Rev Mr. White was appoin° ted Chairman of the Committee. It was' resolved—That the meetiiigs'of the Commi'ttee be held in the schoolroom. It was resolved on the motion of Mr Beard, seconded by Mr St. George-That the Committee meet on the second Tuesday in tho month, at 7.30 a.m., and any member not previously having given notice in writing to the Chairman, being absent 15 minutes after that time forfeits ono shilling-the same to bo devoted to any purpose the Committee thinks best.' It was resolyed on the motion, of Mr Wood, seconded by Mr WaJteltn—That the service* of the former clerk and treasurer-Mr Webster-he retained on the same remuneration. Mr Beard here callod the attention of the meeting to the fact that the Board should have appointed a time for Hie Committee to hold their first meeting. A long discussion took plaoe m to whether this pertained to Committees in newly-opened school districts, or to nil newly-appointed Committees; it bein» finally decided that the Chairman should write to the Board, asking them to appoint a time for the Committee to meet. The headmaster called attention to the fact that the school well was dry, and the necessity for it being sunk, It was resolved—That the clerk be empowered to employ a man to deepen the well, This concluded tho business.

CARTERTON. AND CLAEEVILLE, The annual reports and balance sheets of the last year were laid before the meeting- of householders eligible to elect members tor the Carterton and Olareville School Districts to serve on the respective School Commutes, held—aa per Gazette nntice—on Monday night, TiI l o e n Carlerto " Buhool I,eoei ff ere Tin- A ' m ™ l an expenditure of LIOOI6S 6d, leaving a credit to the school fund of L2 4s Id; but this balance by receipts since the 31st ult. had been wowed to .LMIMd, all outstanding liabilities having been met. At Olareville the receipts had been LO9 10s Id against an expenditure- of L 66 7s 7d£avin 2 a credit balance.in hand of-L3 2s 6d. The reports and balance sheets were passed as read,

At Carterton it will be seen by the report of committees chosen appearing in our issue of yesterday that many of the old members, after a faithful discharge of their duties for many, years past, have thought it expedient to retire from service, and the consequence is a large infusion of young blond in the newly-elected Committee, whom we hope to see work together as amicably, and give the same satisfaction to the district that' their pre: decessors have done. At Olareville we notice that the old settlers are still to the fore, and past performances are therefore not likely, to be militated against, or their, sphere of usefulness lessened, as. they have all had years of experience in their duties, Our veteran and ■ esteemed townsman, MrR Fairbrother, heads the Cartertonteam.whileMr Oorpehas been chosen Chairman of the Olareville Committee, The latter committee hold their next meeting on the second Saturday in February, while the similar meetin« for Carterton will be called by the secretary, Mr G„ A. Fairbrother, under the'direction, of the Chairman. Both meetings passed off quietly.. °

■FEATHERSTUtf,

On the motion of Mr .Bunny,, seconded by Mr Toogood.Mr Cox was voted to the chair, and read the notice convening the .meeting,'and said that it was the usualform before eleotiog a uew'Qomraitteefos

a report to be read for the past year, and read the following ' ?: .

■ i •'.;:'.-.. ■'.• . KEFOBT. •When your Committeo took office this time-last year, we found the tinanoial ao< counts to be thus .—Balance in hand, £6 18s 7d; outstanding accounts, £42 7s Id, leaving a debt of £35123 6d. . ; /During the year,' your. Committee have'. received from various sources a sum of £ll2 ■ 1 lis 7d, including balance from last year, £6 18s 7d; Capitation grant, £62 10s; special grant from Education Board for repairs to teacher's residence, £37 9s; subscriptions, £5 145.. The expenditure during our term of office has been, £l4 ]Os for cleaning school; fence, £sl4s; repairs to buildings, &c, £43 I3s; Bookß, &c, 15s; repairs to teaober's residenoe, £37 9s; advertising, 3s j: stationery, postage, &o„ £2 4s; gravelling yard, £4 6s; sundries, £llos lid; leaving a balance in hand of £2 6s Bd, and outstanding liabilities amounting to £lO. On Wednesday, 17th July,, 1880, the whole of the school buildings were totally destroyed by fire (the origin of the fire has not been satisfactorily explained) by which, your Committee lost all their property, •' amounting to a considerable sum.' After much trouble and endurance, the Committee had just succeeded in furnishing the neceg., ■.' sary requirements for the efficient working:' of the sohool when this' misfortune -Hjiifetj them. In November last the OomftnrjQ decided to appeal to the parents of-oMldtent-- ■' attending school for some, assistance ;to--.' wards 'supplying-' Biindry articles in placeof : those lost. The Committee are glad to be able to report receiving a sum'of £sl4a in,,; response to their application. ' _ : "•' The building we aren'owmetin is in every ■". way superior to the old one. Still, we sincerely regre„ the immense loss to the Educa-"' tion Board. We.feel it our duty to state' our hearty thanks are due to that body for the prompt, manner in whioh they set to work to repair'our loss,

In Hie month of July tot MrGurr, the late head-master, resigned, having received an appointment at luvercargill. Mr Tuckey was appoiuced by the Board, with your Com. mittee's approval, to fill the vaoancy., The two Masters Gurr (pupil teaoberaj also left soon after, and Mrs Huntley was appointed. There has been a great falling off in the number attending the school duriug the past year. This arises from the fact that a large number of families have left the distort The Committee regret to state the.headmaster found it necessary to expel two boys for improper conduct in December last. One of the parents felt aggrieved, and appealed to the Committee, who appointed a time,viz,. 11th January, to hear his appeal; and after carefully considering the evidence, the Committee did not think it advisable to take any further steps in the matter.

The annual examination took place on Friday and Saturday, the 3rd and 4th Deo,,' with the following result .—Standard 1,14 passed (8 boys and 6 girls); Standard 11, 16 passed (7 boys and 9 ffirls); Standard 111., 10 passed (8 boys and 2 girls); Standards IV., V., and VI., 1 passed in each. 'Theresults are ihuch below that of last year/but may be easily accounted, for, seeing the time ; ' lost in consequence of the i&re. The very inconvenient place, lately used, and tbenuni' het of children kept away till'the main building was finished.' Bearing in. mind,. also, that our .second, master had oharge of . the Hu'tt School for some weeks.

'Your Committee hbpe,''and have reason to think, that another examination will prove equal in results' td'any previous period, '■'■ In conclusion,' ;; your Commiiteei find that a further sum of £2O at least will be required to replace those requisites destroyed by the late fire,'unless parents will•• continue"to assist the incoming Copditte'e with funds for that-Tmrpbse, "as without' that assistance it is quite'impossible' for the work of the sohpol to be carried out satisfactorily.- '•.

Mr Riddick proposed, and Mr-Toogood seconded—That the. report be adopted; Carried unanimously.'. . The meeting then proceeded to eleot the new Nine gentlemen were nominated, and. on a ballot, being taken, the following were declared duly elected ;—Messrs Cox, Oundy; William*, Toogood, Donald; Wardell andCobham. ■ TAUHERENIKAU, _ The meeting at. Tauheremkau resulted in the following being elected ; r Messrs S. Vennel, M. B.'Oave,A. Wilkinson, E, Dunti, F. Shaw, 0. Gooding, ind T. Frethey. At-the meeting of the committee held afterwards, Mr A. Wilkinson was elected Chairman and Treasurer. KAITARA. . ;At the meeting at Kaitara, Morrison's Bush, the following were elected ; MessrsThoa. Ward, John.Hodge, Wm. Wood, George: Napp, H. Waite, F* Nicols, and W. Mitchell, The Committee met afterwards and Thos. -Ward wis elected Chairman, and John- Hodge Secretary. '' ■'"'•' : . .. WAIHENGAr r At Waihenga the following were elected :—Messrs John McLeod, Wm. Boyd, George Harris, Thomas- Evans, Edwin Harris, J. Green, and D. Oliver. KAIWAIWAI. . No election took plage,