MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1867, 18 December 1884, Page 2

MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The regular monthly meeting of the above took place at the Institute last night. Present—Messrs Boddington, (ciiairnian),.Lowes,Galloway, Johnston, Hosg, and. Woodroofe.- ' .. ■ The minutes of the previous meet' ing were read and confirmed. read his report. . Tho. following correspondence was read:^From-..W.;t!. ; Buoha.imn : and J. R; Blan-j ptouuisitig > t'6 Support the a'pjjlioatibttoi?^ the' Education Board; notifying istoppi wimld'bei token, fo* caii- |?r'-.tend9rß'W e ichfloij \'■ froni" %w etatija^::i&ife|rj£ that 'it could noii aooedjj tbVthß'. ; requ|Bt to/grant; Onuses, ts,.;Jies6'C'iay. ftjid l ford as applied for} frbnvßamß.asking for returns; from MrJohiv : Eay thahking the Coramittee for-a'gfantVof.J?o'j frbnv'Mr.&.Beethara stating'tiie sum of £SOO was .granted fb'r additions' to Mustertori; school, • and •■ tnat tsndora would be called for the ;work.at an early date; from Misa L. Keeling. applying for one month's leave of absartce; from Education Board asking that the annuaUccoiints be forprded for audit as.early in January as .possible; From lVTnrnbiill stating that enlarged plans had boin'made and would be forwarded, to the 'Committee for approval. : The Chairman stated most of the correspondence, was,on the question of increased accommodation for the school, and he congratulated them on the result of their application, the large extra room to bold 200 more children would be p'i'oceddd with at once, A claim was made by the Borough Couneil.'for footpath construction,.for

■ The Chairman stated ihe work was a. great improvement to .the property arid .convenient; to the 'scholars. He considered tho improvements made were vetfy'.eheap at the sum charged. Mr Woodroofe explained the corporation by-laws oh- : the matter, He thought.' .that tlipy had • beeri rather elaborate in.their improvements, .but if the school property was exempt they were not liable for tbe amount.

Cr Johnston hardly thought it was hardly wqr,th discussion as to liability or not, butkwhether, as a public body, they should Subscribe their quota to the. improves , made at their own request, T|e.'char|(e';made at present was in accordance with the regulations of the' Council.

"Mr Lowe3 said it was rather a small thing to ocempy the time of the Committe&AS no.doubt an application was 'mado for school and be thought it was pettifogging to

raise the question of the legality of the charge. ;" MriGaljpway; differed _. from' the last ■speaker. asked 'ith'atvthe approaches be improved, tbey ■were informed that a contract was let 4pvrb'aking the"road; Ho would not jiind' voting th'ena a sum 6|;65, but he' .would object?to; paying tho.sum as a 1 * deniand. ' a **^* v^y moved that as. the sshboj';property. > was wnot liable.for die charge, and a *i!e}>iy be sentto tnat ; effect. ...-,

-. The Chairman said they diew" the ; .ajtentipn...Q.f...tltß--Coiincil!to the bad and' were informed that the road was let for making and the cause of cjomrjaintwould then lie •uefidmL7;3f-.s^ fgr,. the "footpath the Council should have notiCed'them to that effect, by letter, but they had not done'so. ",.. Mr Woodroofe withdrew his resolu-

tion and;mbxe7Tba¥ the. .nptice. stand, over to enable. the Chairman and and Secretiity-tp report upon.—Carried. ; , The;Chalrrtmn said, re'the application from the.'Board to" send the books of,the Coininittee':to;town.'for;.a.udit, it had been decided .that this-'course, was objectionable, and that the' .Auditor should, visit the .Secretary's offico for .the purpose of; auditing accoimtaj and it this could' 'n'ot' done' there were competent- accountants-in the district who could audit them. ■

It was resolv«d that a. copy of the to; 'that"effect, passed" last

r ear, be forwarded-to the Board,

It waa also resolved to'repjyjfl Miss Reeling's request for a month's leave of .absence, that the Committeesuppoiv ted it and hoped she: would be benefitted by the change. - ' '■'."•' .. The report of the Rev. W. E, Paige, who examined the sixth standard 'children for the purpose of awarding annual prizes, was read., ,

The Chairman said the. result was very satisfactory, He moved that a vote of.tknks be accorded theKevs. .Paige,. Isitt, and Ptiltorij.for the trouble [they had taken in the matter, and that •an invitation be- sent them ;: to|*ttend -the 'distribution/of prizes oh;: Friday ■next at tiia Theatre RpyaLr-Parried. The Chairman "expressed .hiß,great t disapp6i'rittnerit at Me result of the[application .to'.the parents.to subscribe' towaudV.prizPS % tjia anjiiruUistribii;, tion. With 400 6oholarß thyreeulfc'.'pf. the appeal to ; the'juHWJjf'^(auld-fc^e. shown an average'bf.lseach'chpdrfe I tit was not ■■'• bo. "'. There * *ifre ■' many ,uarer.ts who had/not sent a penay, ..[•'■ I The Headmaster's- report was read, 'showing ilia number on the roll .and- tlio average attendance as '387,. the highest.being 422,-. and the lowest 3)3. '■ ;•■ ■■'..'.■" : ,- :

Mr Caselberg's prize of a sewing machine was reported to have .been

awarded to Minnie D'Arcy,

The Chairman said the award.had been made by the children themselves by ballot. There were 66 children in the room who voted, • and Minnie

D'Arcy had 33 votes out. of thai number, and the next 11, and several

smaller,, and the Committee considered toe ballot proved very satisfactory. The. Fourth, Fifth.andSixth-Standard girls were the ones who lind ballqtted, ■' ., Accounts amounting to £33 18s 7d were passed for payments ;

An Bccount from J. Smith, hold over from last meeting for clearing and digging round trees was disputed, The charge was considered excessive, and the work had been since valued at 17s 7d.—Referred to Mr Peyton with power to settle. Mr Galloway was appointed visiting member for the'ensuing month, and the meeting adjourned.

MASTERTON BOROUGH COW . •:,. OIL.

Committee's Reports.footpaths. That the Council be recommended to make the following'reductions'in charges:—l chainstreets 20a to 15s; f chain streets 17s Gd to' 12s; \ chain streets 15s to 10s; Kerbing from 30s to 25s per chain, . The following resolutions;;..were

That the Committee-cannot in the. present state, of the Bprouglv finances r'jico.inniend /any.: proposal for makings wncretopaths,';....... ..;."'.-v ...; ;C ; ;:; : ; '. ; Thafiiie Tot , pf-.negleqb" .or refusal (b-.^y'v'.the' 'foqtpajli,charts;, and suranjojjses [ b.a, takon ■ out' to"ixev ooveroiitgt^pding'aodbtirtta wjjere .'the by-laws applied or where' a''requisition had been signed. THB POUND.. The new Impounding Act was contidered and the following resolutions passed V— ■>■ ■ .■ -- .1. That- the hew -"lmpounding' Act whioh owes into operation on January Ist, will tend to reduce the income from the pound which is now barely sufficient to meet expenses, and the Council be therefore recommendtid to continue the present management for three months and to make a comparison of the income received with the same period under the old Act, 2. That the poundkeeper end the | ranger be re-appointed under the new Act, during the pleasure of the Council and a copy of the Act supplied to each of them. 3. That the Committee be authorized to have the pound board re-painted with the new schedule of charges as required by the Act, .--.■- . 4. That the Committee be authorised .to fence in ; the piece of land adjoining the pound for use as a paddock for cattle taken after sunset, and that h. charge of la per head be made for paddocking.. 5, That the Town Clerk be authorised to have a pound book.made in accordance with the prescribe form. •' • 6. That steps' be taken to obtain an alteration of Section 51 otYthe new Act so that any penalties received for cattle wandering at large in the public streets under Section 17 maybe paid into the district fund- instead of tbe Consolidated Fund, 7; That pound sales be held every Saturday when required. 'GAS. : .The Gas committee met on Saturday December 13, Mr J. E. George being present. The question of agreement "between''the: Gas Company'and the Borough Council foii dubussed, Mi'

George stated,-in reply to questions, 1 that the Company Wanted permission 1 to occupy the streets, and in return they would undertake to have the gas works 1 in going order in 12 or 15 months; i would reinstate the streets and keep I them in order wherever opened; would advertise the Company in Mastefton and make the first allotments to persons : •applying from there. They would supply "gas to the Council for street, •lampg'.at ten per cent less than to private 'consumers As soon as matters ,were settled with the Council they, would invited; offers of sites not too far from the centre, They would not agree to the insertion of a purchasing clause at all. Mr George then retired. It was resolved—l. That the condition as to right-of purchase be abandoned. 2.V.That the Council be recom tended to gratj.li; the Company permission to occupy ""the 'streets and inform them that conditions of agreement; are being prepared. > ■ 3. That the Town Clerk beiristrncted to wire to Caversham for a ..copy of their agreement at the price asked,; viz. £2 2s._ ;;■■" ?■,. • .i WORKS COMMITTER. A letter, was read from.%yensjimd ; Madson stating tlmt the : metal on Mr Jones'.land was of no use and they" would he unable to finish the contract,' • but wished, to be relived of it and have their deposit refunded. . "" • ..It was resolved,"(l) That the con-' tractors be requested to .proceed with; : ;the contract at once in- Columba.road' and Kiiriputii' street; or the C&tncil: , ..will dp the Work'at their-cost. '•' ■—'.' • : v, (2) That the stumps be taken out of: Renall" street .as far as the cottages, the culverts be widened and.the fences 1 shifted--: ." "•'.'. •'"'■' (3) that as the cost of concreting ,9 "• feet footpaths would be £l6 10s per chain the committee cannot recommend the Council to make Mr Sullivan's 1 footpath as asked for. ;