EDUCATION BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3546, 26 June 1890, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD.

The ordinary meeting of the above tody was hold yosterday at the offices of the Boardj there being presentMessrs J E Blair (oliairaian), J Young, H Bunny, G Eestham, M H K, Eey J Paterson, Pr Nepmaii, M Hlt. :.

-Tlie pay sheet, amounting to i 3106 3s 9d, was passed. The consideration ot tbe.lospector's report was' held over till next meeting"' The Board deoided to grant the .use. of the school pounds atTeiiui ior the accommodation of pupils, horses,

Mr J. Willis' resignation of the headmastership of the Mangaono sobool was. accepted. The Masterton School Committee wrote requesting the Board to recommend to • the Education Department that there should be a greater uniformity observed iti tbe Use of, class books in. all sphopls under the supervision of the Board. It wps decided to forward the communication to the Department, "with an intimatjop that so far as proficiehoy Wiis coiigepied pjformity in class books wp observe!. '■ '"' g: : It was decided that the -architect should be requested to prepare plans for additional accommodation at Taueru, and that the teaoher's residence at the same place should also be placed in repair.

' The, Board 'decided' to' sink an artesian well in the grounds of the Cajterton School, " : :

' Proposed alterations to tbe Belvideiro School was ordered to Btand over to tbe next Board meeting,. The application of the local com.' mittee for increased aohool acooinpdafion 'at JDalefield was referred t'o a committee popjisting of. Messrs Beotham; Buclimn anTiju'ijpy, ' V The Question of the ' re-erecticin of a',chimney at Gladstone, and . the fijf'pbiranoy if tbe Cross' Creek Sobool was left to }lr Bup|ispap, 1

■. Mt Young moved the follbwing rosolutiou, which was ordered to .bo insetted on the records of the Board: " The Board ia deeply sensible of the loss which the service "has sustained by the death of Mr. Badland, for many years master of the Waihenga school. He was one of ; the first teachers appointed ~by the Board, and one of the very, best appointments ever made. He had always been a cheerful; conscientious and thoroughly efficient teacher, and he leaves behind him an unbroken record of successful work. - Had his health permitted, he would long ago have held a rooie important post." . The' Board then went into Committee,.