CARTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1291, 31 January 1883, Page 2

CARTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

The adjoiirnod speolal..meeting of the Carterton School Committee was held mi 'Tuesday,• all the members/ as-on the previous eveniuiji, being'- present.' letter was read'-frpm Mr'Mayhew ajkibg for time to furnish' the accou'rit.iske'd'for, asowingtothe limited'iimejgiven'Him, and his having lost. the.subscription'list hp had been'unable:to':dq so;'; He' Would however by advertisement in the: paper and inquiry from the phildtan endeavor to ascertain the names .of those who; had contributed,; arid;the amounts/ givenand hoped to be ; able to furtisb thai" account at the monthly committee meeting: on Monday next;' He" believed lie; had" lost the list either going to j »r;retnrning, fi'om; Masterton, aud was -prepared to hand over the balance.in ; his>hands to the Chairman, .

Mr Moore thought the'rQ*-was j nothing satisfactory in the letter, ■ had not Mr Mayhew handed over, the money and furnished the account before, He knew over a week ago ..that'this charge 'cwas made, and might have,',bleared'J himself either by publishing tiiij statement asked for or rendering the balance sheet to"the committee, instead, of which it- appeared lie had waited until the: Explanation was drawn oat of : him by; the; explanfct'on 'of the Committee. ; Hj> .tito'iight'.tiiaf as the return of Mr' Samuel at' the';.end 'ofc'the month waß.racer|ain,.tli4MiM;W:' ffM for them to aak. the .Board'to.' appoint another head master. :Untii;.;hiß. return.. That day several had spoken to-bim -and expressed a Btrong'opinioh' lhat, Mr May-, haw Bhould not be kept'm charge-of/tlie school, and thai the committe'should take steps to obtain his removal,:',' Mr "Whyte, agreed with [M.r.'Moore, ,He: thought they, should get the "Board to send up another master in tho phoe of Mr Mayhew. If the latter-produced a satis-' factory statement that would: olear. him with the Board. He school, .bad got disorganized. while under- Mr Mavhew's charge. ; ,

The Chairman thought the request con.tained in Mr Mayhew's letter would-seem reasonable to people in Wellington or ata. distance, though the'onmtpittee -who■ weta■ ■mora on the spot and-bottei'aware I ,of the. facts might'judge differently. •The point they had to consider was what cohrse they could adopt that, under tHrpircurristarioes, which would 'best, satisfy 1 *|he Board "and the general public. ■ m; } r;, ' : ; After some! further dispußsion, 1 going over a good deal of the ground that had' l>een traversed the-previous evening,' it was resolved on the motion' of- Mr' Moore secpnded by Mr Iduoatien Bpard to 'ieiid; tip ■ ,a head master; to until MrSamiiel's.Veturn; land.'that^th'is the next moriy njtat_ Jn time fw-.tlieiwee^gip^jWe^f^'g Bidered that Mr migHt bg allowed further iimeUn whicn- to >: renderiths balance sheet,; and .on the motip.ri . cf Mr:' Anderson seoondfid;.byyMr;:flple it;was reaol v'etl - MrJ -M%jh ew'. ! be: granted time to furnish the committee;-with', the accept asked;; for,. ' i It wa;s' the, Messrs , Gallisier>4nd : ;VfeiWstaff l te'a , p?. poijitQd aJoommittee-to. have-Jthe- piimp-pvit-itjjproper pvdbytb]Sl)pj)lpi&'. children with' water in the school yard, The njeetjng terjninjted sjjout 9.30. |

THE T-8| h?liT "ilecMved Aiiatralian cricketers, in their second innings, only succeeded in putting together a total "of 83- Eitglish v teftm- _ tbiis;won" the match by 69 runs, Blackham 26, and . Mossie .11,. were, .the; scorers for the Australians. "