Ashburton School Com mittee.
The usual meeting ©f the Ashbnrton School Committee was held on Thursday evening — all the members press-it. Several letters from the Board of Educa tion. were read —one notifying the appoint ment of Mrs Willis to the position of in fant mistress. Miss On applied for further sick leave of three months, which the Board was recommended to grant. The headmaster's report showed the at tendance to have been:—On the roll: boys, 274; girls, 241—515. Highest daily attendance: boys, 257; girls, 203— 1460. Strict average: boys, 235; girls. 196—431, Several names were reported for irregular attendance, and the secre tary was instructed to write to the parents, Messrs W. H. Collins and Co.'a tender for the supp'y of coal and firewood was accepted—£ll3s 3d for be&t screened Newcastle coal, and £1 5a 6d per cord of short cut firewood. Mr Macpherson, for the visiting committee, reported the exe cution of sundry repairs, and recom mended the laying of tan under the gym nasium. The recommendation was adopted. Messrs Craighead and Braddell were ap pointed visitors for the month. It was decided to ask the Board for the appoint* me&e of a drill instructor (after a con ference with the Hampstead Committee), it having been reported that Captain Dolman was willing to give two drills a week for a reasonable sum per annum. The Committee decided to form itself Into an Exhibition Committee, and accounts to the amount of £16 9s 5d having been passed, the Committee adjourned.
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