WELLINGTON EDUCATION BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2383, 26 August 1886, Page 2

WELLINGTON EDUCATION BOARD.

The usual, fortnfehtly meeting/of. the above was held yesterday. ' Preapt— • Messrs J. ft Blajr(Chirman), H. Wnny, • .' J. YouiiEf, Dr. Newman, Rev. J. PateJ* son, G. Beetham; A. W.. Brown. The" balance at the oredifc of the Board was stated at £1992 15s 2d, and accounts : amounting to £2Ol were passed ior'pay. meut. , Thei resignation of Mi H. B, Smythe was.accepted, and leavo of. absence was !<ranted to Mary Evana.. A Bum not exceeding £ls was graufced as honorarium to Mr West as examiner of. pupil teachers. Tlio sum of £l3? 6d wia' ' voted to Mr F.'Bennott aa payment fp»' tuitiun of a pupil teachor, Mrs Iwje'n,; from Park Yale, was appointed >W the ■ Wallacevillo school. Ah application frontthe Belvedere Schoo} Committee for a. ioor between the schoolrooms was granted, ' :■ Some discussiou ensued on a resolution forwarded by the Mastertori School Committee with reference to the erection of »'■. second school. The resolution wss to this effect: "'That.the Committee regret tlio unjust and evasive rofusai"tkthe Board to discuss a question of yii^prluSortance to a large uumber of chUdron id lasterton.' From this the Chautqan of the Committee dissented; The members of tlie Board freely expressed the opinion that thu work, was. important, but repudiated the charges of injustice or evasiveness,'and said that the Board's .decision. \ bad evidently been misunderstood. What was decided ' was r tkt. the Maetertoq.. ■ Committee should find the necessary site, when the B»ard would give £SOO towards the erection dfthe buildiritj. It was considered unreasonable that the Board should bo expected to find the site and building, . The matter was finally, 'left" with the Chairman and Secretary, to be. explained to the Committee. It was agreed to grant the additions applied.for at the Slaiigaoue school.; also to supply cupboards Mid easels for the Masterlon school as applied for. Certain improvements to the. at Matarawa were authorised, aSrost of £4. An application for some fWjiuneritionto Mies Forbes, who had supplied the place of Mr v Ppnsonby during hi* illness, was allowed to stand An application for.a new well at.wptoiiga school waa'granted.' A request by Mr. T. Wakelin for the use of the land about the old school residence Greytown, was acoedod to. A complaint by Mr S. Turkinpton with reference to the indiscriminate use by the buys oftheTeNni school of his paddock as a feeding ground for.their horse? was referred to the local committee.' An application by tint eonimiefcee for repnirs to chimney was granted the.cost not to exceed £3; aHutlittV application for fenoing was refused. The sum of £5;? was granted for. a- porch to the Cross' iCreek Bchool. ■; Consideration as to whether the services of the present teacher Bhould ba retained.'ai.;, Pahiatua s'ohobl, or not, resulted id'the"; former' being -agreed to, as it was represented he had recently got married. .The':Application of the Clareville Commito'.for uow schooWuyniturs was only accedeliiti) as far a&llvidiii g anew master'sdo&~Evenini{reesi.