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Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 265, 22 January 1874, Page 2

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(From a Correspondents THB annual meeting of the settlers in th« Ruapuke School District wai held in the newichool room on Fnd*v evening, the 16 tmt. On the motion of T B Hill, Mr A. Ji-ro m* w»b voted to the ohair. The following report of tin «chool coiomiltee wa» read •—" Your committee linre more pleasure than uannl m presenting their report, inasmuch tlint the annual meting w held in u building of their own, erected, too, without aid from the Government or the Board of Education. Th&-,*ootn we are now mot in, although not so large as we couli uiih, or flushed and funiidhed in the btjle most conduciro to ro.nfort, we, mmt in»ke mffloient ior oac- jj.-ec.ont \M*nt*. The oomtnittee trugt that the B ard of Education will ihortly !i«to sufficient f M nd» to complete tin* work th*.y hid co>nmenced, Your committee do«iro to return their thanks to Jt. Graham, E^q., and other Bubicrtben. to whose liberality i* attributable the erection of the first puhhc buildihcr at Ruapuke. W« regret that circum•tancea during the past yor»r have caustd .i decease in fh«» number of pupila, and led to the appointment of another •choolmmt*r, uho ia expected Io nrrne shortly to t-«k»> oVor tin- duty« «»f th« sodool. We trust lhat the oliauge will prove beneficial to (ill interested." Afesara Doluon, Jerome, Kill, Liddell, and Cnjil Swan, were olock-d to flic co<n«nitteo for the »>n«uiiii{ ye.ir A tote of thank* to the chairman terminated t'je firtt mee(m; bald in » publio kuHding at Jtutpuke.