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SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. HOLYWELL. 1 The monthly meeting of this Board was held on Monday afteruoou last, the following members being present:—Mr. J. Kxrfoot Evans (chairman), Mr. Isaac Hughes (vice-chairman), the Revds. D. Oliver and E. Evans, and Mr. Isatte Roberts, Clerk :—Mr. E. M. Evans Attendance Officer :— Mr. Eliseus Jones. THE BAGILLT SCHOOL STAFF. The question of the probationer, Miss Maggie Whalley, who is to be apprenticed at the Bagillt Board Schools, was fully considered by the Board. It seemed that her parents were desirous that she should be a teacher at the girls school when a suitable opportunity occurred.—It was decided after a lengthy conversation to refer the case to the School Management Committee. AN APPLICATION. I Mr. R. J. Williams, solicitor, (Messrs. Evans and Williams) appeared before the Board on behalf of Mr. J. J. Evans, Holywell, and stated that the late Board had sold a piece of land to Mr. Evans, situate in Spring Gardens, for the sum of L,10, in the month of March 3 years ago. The money was paid, but the deed of conveyance was not, through an inadvertence, stamped with the seal of the Board. Pending the .-ale of the land, it was absolutely necessary to have the deed legally sealed and therefore he was anxious that the omission should be rectified. It would cost nothing to the Board and would undoubtedly save a vast amount of unnecessary trouble if it was done. If Mr. Evans would have to appear in a law court and produce the document not bearing the seal of the Board a penalty of £10 could be imposed. Mr. Williams said that it would not require to be carried out then; but it would do in the course of a few days. It was unanimously decided to accede to Mr. Williams' application. THE PRIZE DISTRIBUTION MEETINGS. The Rev. D. Oliver said in answer to Mr. Isaac Roberts' question regarding the place of meeting for the distribution of prizes to the children of the Bagillt Board Schools, that it would be more con- venient to hold the meeting elsewhere than at the Cocoa Rooms, there being not sufficient room to contain them.—The Vice-chairman was of the same opinion as Mr. Oliver, and he mentioned that the room would at its utmost only seat about 200. It was suggested that the meeting should be held in the Bagillt Board Schools, which, it was said would afford ample room by moving a partition.—The Vice-Chairman said that the room was not very commodious, although an entertainment had been held there, which necessitated the removal of the partition.—Mr. Isaac Roberts said that the child- ren's parents would also be present, and it would require considerable room to seat them all. Reference wa;" made as to the advisability of holding the meeting in a chapel, if no other place could be obtained, and the Rev. D. Oliver mentioned that under those circumstances he did not see why they should not go to a chapel. He did not think it would be detrimental to religion, and they could explain to the neighbourhood the reason why they had to hold the meeting there.—The Chairman did not agree with Mr. Oiiver as to holding the meeting in a chapel. Perhaps, there might be Roman Catholics in the school, and they may not like to go into a place of worship to which they did not belong —Mr. Isaac Roberts suggested, that if the weather was favourable they should have an open-air meet- ing on the lawn at the rear of the Cocoa House and he mentioned that there would be ample room there.—It was ultimately decided on the pro- position of Mr. Isaac Roberts seconded by the Vice- chairman, that the Board apply to one of the denominations in Bagillt for the use of their chapel, and it was agreed to. The Rev. D. Oliver said that the meetings were to be of a miscelleaneous character and would consist of songs, recitations &c. given by the children, and it had been left in the hands of the head teachers to form a programme. It now devolved upon the Board to select a chair- man for the meetings, and he thought the chairman of the board should preside at one meeting and some influential gentleman at the other one.—The Chairman was of opinion that it would be better to have an influential gentleman to preside at each meeting, and leave the chairman out of the ques- tion as the people heard plenty of him all the year round.—The Rev. E. Evans thought the children should have the option of showing what they oould do themselves, and not have gentlemen to make any speeches to wile away the time. He was not against haviug a gentleman to open the meeting.— It was decided that Mr. Walker (Dee Bank Lead Works), be asked to preside at the meeting at Bagillt. Aftc-r some discussion, it was also decided to ask Mr. John Henry, of Lygenywern, to preside at the meeting at Holywell. APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTER FOR BAGILLT SCHOOLS. The Clerk said that the School Management Committee had carefully looked through the numer- ous lists of testimonials of the various applicants for the post of assistant master at the Bagillt schools, and they submitted three names for the considera- tion of the Board, viz., Mr. W. Meredith Jones, (son of the headmaster of Bagillt schools,) Mr. Savage (Newmarket), both of whom produced first- class testimonials, and Mr. William Jones, the pre- sent assistant master, who has been some time engaged at the school. It was ultimately decided to appoint Mr. W. M. Jones, at the salary of Y,40 per annum. APPLICATION BY PARENTS. Elizabeth Hughes, a widow, residing at Bagillt, applied for permission to keep her son, Evan, from school, for the purpose of sending him to work to assist in supporting her family, as she was in great poverty. She said the boy would be fourteen years of age in July next, and that she had kept him in school as long as she was able to do so. She added that all her family had to depend upon was Is. tid. parish relief, which was hardly enough to pay the rent of the house.—The Vice-chairman in- formed her that the Board had no authority to grant the boy permission not to attend school until he was of prJper age, and he was sorry that no steps could be taken in the matter.—The woman What will I do for food for the boy; three of us live on Is. Gd. per week. Could you not allow him to be a half- timer ? Vice ch airmai I The best thing for you to do would be to apply to the Relieving Officer for an increase of parish pay.—The woman There is only a montlvaftc-r this until he will be 14 years of axe.-Ill--v. D. Oliver If we allow him to ero. we would break the law.—The woman It is a very unsatisfactory-law then (laugh tor).-—1The applicant was advised to apply to the authorities for additional relief.—Elizabeth Foulkes, a widow, whose husband had recently died in the workhouse, appeared on behalf of her step- :i, who was reported by the Attendance Officer for not attending school regularly. He was said to be a very naughty boy, and had refused to attend school, and had run away on two occasions. He had also been twice an inmate of the workhouse, and had proved himself to be an incorrigible character.—The wo-nan said she was a widow, and earned very little.—The Chairman said it was a very peculiar case. The woman had been married but a few years to the boy's father who lately died in the workhouse, and she was left to plead the cause of her stop-son, and he asked was the woman bound to keep the lad ?—Some members were of opinion that she was not legally bound to do so.—She also was referred to the Relieving and School Attendance Officers of the Holywell Union. A QUESTION OF LOAN. A letter was read by the Clerk from the Public Works Loan Commissioners, relative to the loan of £100 required by the Board to build the new School Board Office. The letter stated that the Loan Commissioners were not prepared to accede to the 1;cation of the Holywell School Board for a 100, repayable in thirty years, by way The trouble both to borrower and • ir an account for a loan of £100 payments for the next 30 ^nortion to the advantages "ent ratepayers, and '•le of the district 'ssioners saw V repaid not the one following the Easter holidays. Sickness had also been very prevalent in the form of chickenpox and eruptions, more especially among the iufants, which accounted for the decrease in the average attendance of the district. He was authorized to take legal procoedings in five cases, which were fittingly dealt with by the justices. STATISTICAL Smul:ARY. The statistics presented to the Board showed the average weekly attendance for the past month in the six schools under the Board to be 609, an increase on the corresponding period of the previous year of 15. The number of children on the registers was 793, an increase of 24. The Easter holidays had taken place during the month.

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