TENUI NOTES

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4405, 28 April 1893, Page 2

TENUI NOTES

(From onp own Correspondent.)

The annual distribution of prizes in eonneotion with oar local school took place last Friday afternoon, in tbe presence of seyeinl ladies. Mr Hancock, tbe Chairman of the School Committee, distributed them, and the following were ihe recipients : Standard VlL.—ftonsld (Jwan, Uno Steiia, May Nicholle. Standard Vl.—Joseph Schofield, Fanny Belliss.

Standard 7. William Owen, Cyril Stilbom, Alice Schofiald, Standard IV—Annie Hose, Maud Nicholls, Emily Wickatead, Mary Wataon.

Standard lll,—Thomea Collerton, Samuel Loye, Joseph Collerton, Ernest Sohofield, Mary Deene, Annie O'Connor, Aileen "Wicketesd, Standard IL—Eliza Collorton.

Standard I.—Gerald Wickstead, Sydney Bcliofield, William Bell, Sella Holmes, Winnio Wicketead, Mary Soathey, Ruby Wylie, Maggie Deene. The at tendance prizes were awarded to—(1) Annie Ross ; (2) Gerald Wickstead. The latter's was given by Mr Hancock.

The Chairman, in a few well-chosen , remarks, thanked the ladies in the district for their generosity in catering for the children attending the school | treat, and Mr Nicliolla and Mr Lawson, the obliging manager of the W.J.C.A. store at Tinui, for their kindness in lending the brakes which 1 conveyed the children to the 'Whaka* ; taki school treat. He referred to the good work done by the master daring the short time he had been in charge, and pointed out the necessity of parents sending their children regularly to school, if they wished to take advantage of the liberal education provided by tho State for all classes of the community, for reasons best known to himself, MrCollerton would not allow bis children to receive the prizes awarded to them. I have heard some opprobrious remarks about tho matter, but think he should know his own mind better than others. I have noticed that mora heart-barnings are caused by the distribution of prises than anything el Be connected with a country school. To avoid discontentment, I suggest that instead of giving the books to the children, they should be utilised to form a school library. The pupils would then be able to pernio all the volumes, instead of only the one they receive. At the meeting of householders for the election of the School Committee, great interest was taken in tho proceedings. Mr Bellis was in the chair, and Mr Hancock, Chairman of the old Committee, read the report for the year, showing what his colleagues had idonc. They bad worked well and harmoniously together, and bad succeeded, through a petition, in inducing the Education Board to take steps to thoroughly renovate the teacher's residence. They expressed great satisfaction with the work the master had dose in raising the tone of the school, and tho number on the roll, wkich wis 85 when bo took charge, bad steadily riaon to 61. Considering the long distance some of the scholars bad to come and the stats of the reads jrftw.ttwh the' attendance bad bfe&n very good. The number ol attsad»B«ea made by each member of ths 'oet-goingCominitteo out of »'pomUs 18 wag:--Banco ok, 18; Maaoa. 11 :■ ■Nswcombe, 11Groves, 8; Soisthsj. a'; Bpwdy, 6 ; BslUss, 1. Ehe test a&mi gentleman, hswavsr, h&s bm

ill, and thai tu Um rrtuwn he oo** sot attend. Tba bpoti iliowed i» tmll Stalanee to hand over to lbs a# OomtaSUee. AAfi&r up of & Uulo wiiunckruwidief about tba tlie dia-ti-ibiiUoa of ftisw the election took I (illM. 1