TAUERU SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2312, 4 June 1886, Page 2

TAUERU SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

wis held in, the School House sh' Wednesday. Present—Messrs DonAdams, Anderson, and O'Connor. t The minutes of the last meeting was read and confirmed, and the Treasurer handed in a balance sheet showing a credit of £2O 9a 7d, and a private fund of £2, ~~ThO f«llowing.ac(jouut? were presented from the' master—Stationary supplied from Docember 1882 to 1880, £2 9a 6d; Cleaning school from December 1882 to September 1885," Mr Adams moved that a "bill of particulars be naked it ( was of long standing. Hu thought "it ereat neglect on the part of the outgoing Committee.— 1 ' ilr'Sorcock-' tenSeteli' -His' resignation on the ground that he did not agree with the views.of-tlie.otlior members, 1 The resignation accepted. The 'CiiairmaiTTfiiid aVfcply from the Inspector in which he attributed the Mbtf&'r&lh (>i to the ' unimproved teaching arid bad discipline, also advising Mr McGarth (the master) to ! 'spend''hii.s^ark ( Grundy, an. arrangement, he said, that could easily be carried out. A letter was also read from the master stating he would send his resignation to the Education Board.

. Mr Garratt thought that the monthly meeting should be altered.from jho first WodmMay in the month to the third Wednesday, as the Board sat on tho fourth. It would give plenty of, time to correspond with them, an'd not have the thing on hand so long,—Carried, Mr Manning proposed that the master be called on to make entries in the logs, as he thought it \vas neglected; of late,' thoro being no entry/Brncjfcthej;<jximination, No average of was given, In fact, nothing further was done than to go in the morning and come away at niphtrj ,The motion Jvas carried. Mr Garratt moved that Mr Hi 'Smith' be asked to stand as a Cominitte6man in place of Mr William Hercock,' ; Ben. Carried unanimously. Mr Manning proposed to give the children a picnic as they had always done so before, but on being put to the meeting it was-thrown out,on accpuubof ,thbf lateness of the season. '' ' '' '' : ■

Mr O'Connor proposed that prizes be obtained fur the children, that pased at the, examination. The autil of 45s fyul gisn b'jitjie mombiri' present" to b# li»ioV but .iff Suitable prizes, The Chairman was appointed fd obtain the prizes.

jffiflda/iisiproposed that the._OJwjr.mati and! visiting members present them to the jChildien^-Tparried, '• ;Mes'srs l planning were appointed visitinp members for the "eftSUinS'todnth:'; 1 '!' 1 hri< ' " The'meeting thetradjourned.