Eketahuna School.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3739, 18 February 1891, Page 2

Eketahuna School.

A meeting of the Committee of the Eketahuna School was held on Monday evening last. Present— Messrs T. Bayliss, W. Bayliss, J, Jjnes, A. Anderson, and M. Neilson. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.

The number of children on the roll was reported to be 168, and the average attendance for the past month 141. The number of children Admitted during the month was 16. A comniunjeation had been received from the Inspector, notifying that he would visit Eke'banuna in about six week's time. The repent holidays had greatly interfered with the progress of pupils. The attention of the Committee was drawn to the state of the drain, the leakage in the schoolhouse, the need of school requisites, etc.

The Chairman stated that he had wjfrten to the Boaru OS question of school dj.-ajnage, and he haa received a repfy .that £,§ had been voted for the wort.' The Chairman and Mr Jones were authorised to get the work done. It was resolyed to grant the use of the school to the Juvenile Oddfellows free after the present quarter. It was stated that arrangements had been made with Miss Murrell to clean the school for this quarter for th.e sum of £G. MY' Anderson thought the attendance of the cleaner at jfche school as required by the speCJ?catj,onj3 was out of all reason.. It would take from £24 to 426 a year to clean the school. aDd the capitation grant was only m , "~ - ! -m«ax'. At the end of tte ! '-«fc £IQ owing, month there will beauu-. " "■* and there will be no money in haiiu. Deducting the receipts from all quarters there would still be a deficit of £9. It was resolved that an effort be made to get the public to subscribe towards the funds.

A discussion ensued over the question of supplying' the children with slates, and the opinion was generally expressed that in view of the present financial difficulty the children should be made pay for their own slates- A communication was received from the Education Board, stating the school area, and defining the boundaries of the school district. Messrs Von Reden, Brown, and MoUardle were nominated for the vacant seats on the Education Board. The meeting then adjourned.