NAPIER NEWS NOTES.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 419, 20 February 1890, Page 2

NAPIER NEWS NOTES.

[BFBCI4L TO THE STANDARD J N.fier, last night, MEETING OF EDUCATION BOARD. At a mooting of the Education Board a letter was read from the Gisborne Committee urging the necessity for renting a room to give additional accommodation. The Inspector said the school was certainly crowded, but thought the sixth standard might be drafted into the secondary school. It was decided that a reply be sent in accordance with the Inspector’s suggestion. A long discusion ensued on several applications to grant permission to scholarship holders to attend High Schools out of the district, Several mombera urged that tha application should he granted ia every case, while others held it would be unfair to the High Schools iu the district. Ultimately it was decided oa the casting vote of the Chairman (Mr Ormond) to grant the applioation in one instance only, that of Mrs McAra, of Gisborne, who had applied in reference to her two sons, as the circumstances iu her case were exceptional. With respect to a letter from tha Gisborne School Committee, suggesting that girls be allowed to take one eubject less than boys, as they had to spend much time in receiving sewing lessons, the Board decided to send a letter to the Education Department, with a recommendation that the standard requirements required revision, and with a suggestion that the beat way to secure satisfactory amendment would be to convene a conference of all School Inspectors, and a representative from each Board in the Colony. THE HARBOR WORKS—A SCREW LOOSE. At a meeting of the Harbor Board yesterday afternoon, Mr Carr, the Board’s new Engineer, presented the first report since his appointment. The chief point in it was an intimation that Mr Goodall’s epeeifications had not been properly carried out, nor the mixing of the cement properly overlooked. In reply to the Board, Mr Carr expressed his intention to supervise the “ monolith” work personally, leaving the Clerk of Works free to overlook the preparation of concrete. WASTE LAND BOARD—GRAZING BUNS.

At a sitting of the Waste Land Board to-day the following small grazing runs were declared open for application in terms of section 213 of Lund Act, 1885 Poverty Bay—Run 58, 2893 acres, rental £36 3s 4d ; run 59, 2986 acres, rental £37 6s Gd ; run 60, 3155 acres, rental £39 8s 9d.