MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1130, 20 July 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The I regular monthly meeting" of;: the" Oommittee'was field last'■'•'eVening;•''-Pre-' sent \- Messrs ; Boddington (chairman), Heroin, Hogg, Jago,. Feist and.- Pavton ;■ Mr Cellar .(secretary) and Mr- Grandly '(headmaster). -• '■■■ '■> ■ :: *' - v - ( ~'& '{ "The treasurer, reporl.ed.fl oradltjialance of St 9s Bd, a sum of £ls; sinoe'last meeting Having been received! from the Town iEandsTrust'. .' ■■ -1 ,; ■ ~•! ■ Correspondence was 'read ,from ;: the Edacation'Board, stating 'that no .funds were' at for ."aiding,the. : work of gravelUqgihe piaygroundi i;i.j :i " cbtopuleoryiattendarice clauses of ;the Act 1 ' ;'■;.: J'a!'.;*;-? mtiitix^u-i ;• %i ksi ■-:'■. j , '■■•■^;..}:' ; :: : :.... ,■■'■■'■ feNslc*

into force, and that formal notices shouldbe served on parents : who were negleoting their ohildren."'"' The headmaster reported that during'' the present month the average attendance " : had been 362, the highest attendance ,389 and the lowest 277. The low average was due to unfavorable weather. Mr lieeJ' •'■ the Inspector, paid an unexpected visit to ' the school on« June 22nd and reported that he found the school aotively at work; both,the order and disoiplme.being good,; . He approved of the time tables in use and r " commended. the school Jas r being wellappojnt'ed'Wd.in a complete, state of «•'.■.,...; •as,a, qlass teaeher and for his general good the school, He' 1 " .stated that the:wbrtfin Mr wa's'i'mproyihgahd alluded to the high;: v > order', of, work do'ne .by, Mr .Kay,;wdMi/''" genial and painstaking efforts of Mr E«a ; 'The'spirit of' earheatness' and i< WorkjffP3;{ Baid.'per'vaded the school.. ' i( ;- •■■ '-tV -The'following accounts were'passed fork pavinen't':-Or, E. Daniel, .9s 6d; '*!£% PaytyiiAVOoV,£l v 3s 6d • Mrs Bradley/(' •' £2lds;.R.,H.. '.H'lK'f'i'llV'j' * .; l^ssra^^eron,' Hogg, and Jago/the ' Subcommittee .appointed'to gravel'the- <:p .playgroundfrreported that they had'found"'' ,-. the ''undertaking more formidable than they at first anticipated, the coat in the ■fijfstinstaMehavingbeenverymu'ohunderestimated. The state.of the river had interfered with the haulage of metal, and they had.only been able to .obtain moderv ate loads.; The thanks;of' the mitteewire'dqe toMessrs A'.'W. E[ena,ll, D. Donald, W. Adams, Q. Heron, and Mi-a YateSj who hacl f hbraea,* jdrays, and drivers", ; and to Mr' George* and John Smith for labor. Outside (his, assistance they had expended in toe'gravelling 5 £29, spreading the ' material fo $ depth of 3 inches over two ; ..<.•,.■ thirds.dftho'ground." -■'•'•' '■;'.'' ' v: "' The report" was -adopted, thethanks of the committee being given to the;aub. - committee for the-satisfactoiiy lafinWiri' wntohthey had carried out their under, taking.

The oliairmari reported that 'the Secre-tarywas'-about to visit Wellington and had kindly undertaken to bring back with hirh the trees promised to the school'; by .the Botanical department,.., ._. \. ._ MessrsJago'and Paytbn were appointed visiting members for the ensuing.month, and the meeting, adjourned,,, . ; • ' ,