CARTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 27 February 1883, Page 3

CARTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The Carterton School. Commitlee met on.Monday evening. Present—Messes Fairbrother, Cnllister, Gole, Moore, and Vickerstaff, The minutes of the last meeting wore read and confirmed, The Bank balance was reported at • 129, 2d subject to a deduction of £3l7s : Bd, on accounts already passed for pay- : ment. .Mr Gordon attondod as a deputation ; with a petition from settlers near Chew's | mill, praying that the Board would advo- '. eato a school on an acre there given by the ! Jatfl Mr'Hirechberg.. j Mr Gordon wasap- ■ pointed to make inquiries and report attlie I next meeting as to the number ot children likely to attend,, fee., if the committee ] reported favorably on the njatter to the • Board, ... ] The secretary hiving reported that laat ; year's accounts had not been audited ] owing to MrSnndgrass having left the I district, it was resolved that the resolution ' appointing him auditor be rescinded, and 'i that Mr Wilson he requested to audit the accounts for the past year, A letter was'received from the BMretary d to the Education Board stating that Mr Maybew would no longer be retained in IJie service of the Board, and aiiking. if under the circumstapces the Committee fiesired the nutters reported in'tliofr letter \ 16 lie' further considered.' ' " j It was resolved on.'disoussion that the secretary write,the Board requesting that c '.,'„ I s.letfer was read'frqm tjie Board su*- 'j geitipg Mjs Ecjith'Gjles and Kate Carter \ as. pupil teachers, ' j The phairmap stated jn-reply that he ..{ hai impressed uppp the goard the abso- j jutp necessity pf an assjstapt, whp was . ppw advprtJßed A letter wap read from. Sergeant-Major I Bwar, requesting tbe support of the Com- q mittoeppan application he was making s fpr a bopus for his service in drilling tbe 1 phildren in different valley schools. • * It was resolved—That it boa recommendation from this committee to the Board " that Sergt.-Major Bezar be awarded some , remuneration fir his services. •• • S Mr Samuel 1 ! report was read, showing that the school had commenced with 237 j scholars on the roll, which had now increased to 267 with an average working attendance of 205; also, requesting the Committee to support his application to the Board for a fortnight's leave of j absence, to include the Easier holidays, ■"f jie Request pi ah'apinjoiißly acce'eded g {p. • ■'.•:•• It was also estimates fprperlaip repairs to the schoplroaster's I rppjdenca be forwarded •to the Board, i with a lettpr from this Ogtnmiltee urging } the necessity •, and that tiie meney be c voted by the Board for the purpose. The Chairman having reported that the E contractor had completed the fencing i round the school ground, it was resolved j —That tbe Chairman obtain the account Ji for the same, forward it to the Board, I . and pay over cheque to contractor when I received, C Messrs Beetham, Blair, atid Newman were elected to the vacancies on the w Education Board. i • Jt was rftblved-Ihat for the future fj the meetings of the Committee take c plaoe at 7 o'clock on the third, instead of the first, Monday in the month, Messrs Moore and Anderson were ap- v pointed visiters to the sohool for the ensuing month.