SCHOOL ELECTION MASTERTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1285, 24 January 1883, Page 2

SCHOOL ELECTION MASTERTON.

The annual meeting was befd in' a j] class room of the public school'; last evening, dents SO I- pill ; Mr J.;C. .Boddington Chairman of - aingssaid 'the meeting Had ' bMn ciiM in accordance with the regulation of the Board. Before proceeding ito veleot ;a'h ; dc' r new Committee, the outgoing:-one would lay arepprt and ,balance: , sheet,, , : tore the'meetin^:;' 'The' Coiniiiiittee' ' had thought it advisable'to publish the allow householders an opportunity' 'of atudying it;at.their |ie^ure, >nd Bhee^l V■ r "" ; were elected the present magnificent A 1 ' building, not >been- token : »nd. they found manyrequiritej were needed for, its completion.'VyAs would be gathered ftom the report the had been very successful in obtaining the' heceasary; f uiads for these he CMSaries, " atid they had the satisfaction of handover their trust to the new Committee in a state of thorough-efficiency,;} jTbo-. taisk of theinew Committee'lwoiild fße-i I! I comparatively easier than that of the old one. The latter had to work under a five shilling eapitAtioßi; "whereas former would he "understood have a " . ' seven and sixpenny • one, to go: upon. • / Referring to himself personally he might •*' •<' say that having served two years as' Chairman, and threeyears on the Com- ; year. He still continued to feel'a deep,; --' i interest in the success of the sohool but ; his time was a, little too mUch taxed in 1 ' giving proper attention to ! his : piiblic .;.'i•• ■.... jji'i .

Mr James Hussell' ■ seconded, adoption of the the retiring commitieei.had done-its jci best. It appeared that as soon as tfye' »«l people obtaineda new 'building, tlifeir' interest in school matters fell off.' ; ; He !'• thought"; ev.ery,parent, in the 'district •> ought to have' been present: on that occasion. Ten years ago there were 1 •; but twenty-five children',attending die., J Masterton public school ;how there .i!-;,-were four or five hundred. - 1 -' ,• ; U :^ The adoption of the report and balance. sheet was carried unanimously/ *' , The chairman then called"upon thW * 1 meeting to electa chairman, for the annual election.: r He regretted'- ; the A"■' proposal made last session in ,the House to amend the method by. wiiich.:they~.. .. eliscted committees had not been carried.

, . ; On thevmotion of •" "Boddington was requested to retain the chair,. ':<•) -V /■ • r.'T f

. Mr Rapp proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman and members of the outgoing committee. /They had " worked very assiduously to bring the school to the • position; : which it now ' occupide, and' they deseryed .the.thanks • of the community. „■< Cj, :

, Mr McCard Je. seconded the, motion, ■He regarded t)ie present ; thin' meetipg as a compliment rather'.than 'otherwise to the outgoing committeej as, it indicated that the, public: were satisfied • - with the manner in which they had discharged thieir dutiea;;; •' ,;iu mously amidloud applause. , ; Mr BoddingWn retanied ; thanks oh; ; behalf ot the retiring "committee and * himself, acknowledging 'the cordial way in which it had been both pro- . posed', and •received. Jf wsi'alyayi. T7 encouraging to iJiose- who : 'Behed- the v public .to :know at the. end of their term that they had, the confidence qf their constituent^,, (Applause.) ' The nominations were then proceeded with.

Mr McOardle, who was proposed by Mr Russell, said he would rather not stanO, as he had already undertaken a good many public duties, Mr Boddington, having been proposed by Mr Rapp, said that if it wu the wish of the meetiqg aa a whole that hp should stand, he would be willing todo 50...

Mr Oaselberg, who was proposed by Mr Russell, declined to. stand, as he thought new blood should be infused into ail committees, When the sauTe people were eleoted over and over again the public were apt to become apathetic, No doubt the old committee had done well in the past year, but Why not give other people a show to do well ? A Commiiteecould not.wellgqwrp,ig,bjn cause the strings wew pulled in.. Wei-, 1 lington, The board had the' appoint-' ment of teachers and the payment of them, He explained that the reason why he had attended fewer meetings than his colleagues was because for some two or'three months he had been i iip. -m

• Mr McCardle. disagreed with Mr, Caselberg as to tlie Committees occupying a position in which 'they could do little, a great deal depended on the ■efficiency of a school committee. (Applause), I. , ; !,L '' The Chairman said that the Committee in Masterton had been of greater service to "the School than the Board, ;Thfeir financial '3oi be very different if they had had a weak Committee last Mr Chinohen was proposed as a Committeeman, hilt declined to stind, ' u !ii )the;chairman. Had it not been for the persistent efforts of that gentlefaan in getting~all that could be got, they would .have He stated {»*<: /^^;againior;iiection, r t ''' 1 ' Mr Woodroofe inJattering,terijs; He,was sure Mr Woodroofe > would make a strong ■■ He approyftd of support they Jet * * movement, • He otjieitid to litfli !'

theiif.'time byctoyiiig, : i "arms.',• vi <>■■al .. ; ,A of tdlilifer homiiiailorii'' ; .a'.:ballot was ! taken'. and Sellar actiii|!iiyi4tin^rai—- ; • , ; ,v •• No of i ••• '» T-n • M , A 5-- - votes, A.W. flogg .... 12. ..33 J. 0, Boddragtox\.v.'<' \1 ;• • .27 R. M, Galloway..T. / ill • ! 25r// ; ' & Feist ... " 10. 24 G. Heron,,. 13 . ~J7 • W. Rapp... ' 8 " 13 . .. W. W,. McOardle »v,9 " ja /12 ' ; H, Cole 'v.; ... ; 9 -• Meass Pay ton;- H6|g, Boddinpi/. Galloway/' Feist, Heron;, and Eapp, • were.declared?duly.elecM;: ;^' • ' . ' .IOOMUITIEB! MB£tino;' I The newly elected committee then held a meeting Mr J,. 0, : being voted jo the ohair on the'molion of Mr ' Feist seconded by Mr.Galloway. ::?••• ' 1 Mr' JBpddiKtnn, in acknowledging the ; eompliment said that, hia : proposal to >■. retire had not proceeded from .any want of interest in. the sohool, He knew that there jfasla'feeling iii favor of itew blood, " -and hid endeavored to give :an opportunity'of-'ibfuaiag it/ , t .-j',,. v -.The orders >gf...tho.^oldoomV mittte ;.!»*&« „• !!•««# , , : we. Vppotdtjld i W'j-i an^ ip.;werting' ■ " . At the Carterton sohool the following eommjttee were;appointed, last, 'evehirig: —Meisff R, Fairbrotber, W, Vickeritaff, , .T. Gole,'T.;Moore;.A. L. "Whyte, H.- Callister, and B, Anderson. OLAREVILLE. Messrs A.' Booth, Bayliss, J, Borrow, J. Smith; J, Bairstow, A, R, Wallii, and H. P. Spjitli were eleotod at a eohool committee last evening, GREYTOWN. , Thirty householders were present at the • i?)jool election.. The committee elected • wasMeaars W, Udy, White, Fuller, Black, Bey, Nation, and (M. ' v . FEATHERSTON, The annual election of the Featlier--Bton School Committee was held last evening at- the school house, and i resulted in the following gentlemen being elected .'—Messrs Bunny, Cox, O'Neale, Toogood, Campbell,..Cundy, | and Oalcly. : Mr J.. G. Cox, was unanimously elocted.CMrman, Mr Campbell Secre- ■ : tary, and Mr O'Neale Treasurer. . Resolved—That the monthly meetings be held the, fourth Friday in every month; " », ■■ • Mr H. Bunny and Mr J. G. Cox ; were appointed visitors for the ensuing month. * • Mr J. G. Cox presented and read the. report fovthe last twelve months, which ' was unanimously adopted. Resolved—That the committee sup- 1 port Messrs Beetham, Blair, and Cox . for seats at'the Education Board. The Meeting then .closed, . . " WAINGAWA. tf ' The 'following were elected:—J. ■Reynolds, Wayte, Pledge, Rayner, Daysh, Eatel, Exel. ' '