TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2306, 21 April 1887, Page 2

TE AROHA.

(FROM OUU OWN' CORKKSPO.N"IIKNT.) Te Auoha, Wednesday. A meeting of the District School Committee was held yesterday evening, the members present be,in? Messrs Dobsnti (chairman pi'", tern.) Wilson, Aliier, Ilotfc. Lavory and Mackie. The report of the head teacher was read ; also a statement showing the number of children on the roll, and the average attendance during the different quarters from March 31st, 188(5, to the same date this year. There were 140 pupils dnrimr the quarter ending 31st March last, and the average number attending was 113'5, being the highest record sjsce the opening of the school. The lixig-delaved report in full on the last annual examination of the pupils by Mr W. Fidler, M. V., was also laid before the meeting, and was regarded as very satisfactory. In the different subjects the results were as follows:—No, 1 pass subjects : Per centage of passes in the various standards, 44*90; per centage of failure, 17"14. No. 2 class subjects, embracing drawing, history, geography, elementary science, etc., number of marks 305, per centasre 7G'25. No. 3, additional subjects, including recitation, drill, singing, needlework, etc., number of marks 90. No. 4: Instruction of standard 7 any primers, very satisfactory. Mr Fidler has appended the following remarks to his report: I took the oval work ; in this the resultts were very good, particularly in the class subjects. This school is being carefully conducted; the discipline is excellent. The chairman (pro. lem.) and secretary were authorised to settle all outstanding accounts. A draft of the report for the annual meeting of householders was read and adopted, and the meeting then adjourned until 7.30 on Monday evening, the 25th inst, on which date, at 8 p.m., the election of a new committee will take place. The completion of the large culvert across Whitakerstreet to take the water of the creek at the Hot Springs Hotel has effected a groat improvement in the appearance of our principal thoroughfare. The old narrow bridge, together with the chasm that extended across the street for fully half-a-chain above and below it, are now things of the past, and their disappearance has removed a constant source of danger to travellers by vehicle or on horseback after dark. Apart from its usefulness in these respects the work now completed will afford what has long been required, viz., a good crossing in wet weather, a convenience which those who remember the miserable state of our main street last winter will fully appreciate. It is a pity that the unsightly ditch which stretches across the road near the Bank of New Zealand should not have been similarly dealt with. Possibly the means at the disposal of the county engineer would not admit of a liko improvement there, but whether undertaken by the county council or by the town board, it is to be hoped the carrying out of so necessary a work will not be long delayed.

Sittings of the R,M. and Warden's Courts were to have been held here yesterday, but there being little or no business on hand, they have been postponed for a fortnight.

The engineer to the Waitoa Road Board, Mr F. Pavitt, is about to examine the country in the direction of Taupiri, with a view to the construction of a road from Morrinsville to the gumfields that lie between the two places. A considerable number of Maoris are there engaged in digging, and the road, if made will afford them a ready means of proonring supplies and of conveying their gum to market.

Mr J. C. Firth arrived here on Monday, for the purpose of attending the Warden's Court yesterday, on business connected with his special claim at Waioroiigomai. The court not being held, he proceeded to the Thames to interview the warden there, when most probably the hitch that has occurred with regard to the leasing of the tramway will also be discussed, and the matter satisfactorily arranged.