Petone (Pitone) 1881-1882 1882 62 Petone Joplin Charles R Master £230.00 1882 62 Petone Stevens Ella Female Pupil Teacher £40.00 21st February 1881 A MEETING of Householders will take place at Riddler’s Building, Petone, on TUESDAY EVENING, 22nd February, at 7.30 p.m., to consider School Site. 28th April 1881 Wellington Education Board The Ven. Archdeacon Stock reported that he had written to the Hon. Mr. Dick on the subject of the Petone school site, and that he had received a very courteous reply, to the effect that there was no other piece of Government land that was suitable for school purposes ; all the remainder of the ground was either swampy or otherwise unavailable. 1st December 1881 Wellington Education Board A petition was received from twenty residents of Petone, praying that the district be declared a separate school district. The Inspector stated that the Hutt School Committee offered no objection. The petition was acceded to. 7th January 1882 Master for the new school in temporary room, Petone ; salary according to scale. 25th January 1882 A meeting of householders was held at Petone last night for the purpose of electing the school committee for that district. The following were elected :— Messrs. Manning, Jackson, Calvert, Buick, Curtiss, Park, and Kirk 4th February 1882 Wellington Education Board Petone: Mr C R Joplin appointed. (Promoted from Lower Hutt) 23rd February 1882 Wellington Education Board Petone, site and school, £6OO 25th February 1882 Wellington Education Board Wanted Pupil Teacher 8th March 1882 Petone School, Miss Archer (from Mount Cook Boys 1 School) 1st June 1882 Wellington Education Board Dr. Newman reported that the Committee appointed had examined the sites offered at Petone, and that he had come to the conclusion that that offered by .Mr Johnson was the most suitable. The section had 200 foot frontage by a depth of 100 foot, (60.96 metres x 30.48 metres)and it was offered with the building on it at £2OO. He moved that the offer be accepted. Agreed to. 29th June 1882 Wellington Education Board Messrs J. Billing and Robert Flint made offers to sell sections of land adjoining the Petone school, which were declined. 28th August 1882 Wanted a Pupil Teacher. 2nd September 1882 Wellington Education Board Several tenders were received for the erection of a school at Petone and of a masters residence at Kaiwarra, but their consideration was ordered to stand over for a month. 9th September 1882 The financial result of Mr Ashcroft’s recent lecture on Egypt, as delivered at the Petone Schoolroom, has been the placing of the Treasurer to the Building Committee in a position to pay off all liabilities to date. A new series of entertainments is about being organised to provide means for the purchase of an American organ and books for the school. 20th December 1882 Wellington Education Board Mr Joplin, master at Petone, applied for leave of absence on account of an accident which he had met with, and forwarded a certificate signed by Dr. Cole. The Chairman stated that he had inquired into the nature of the injury from which Mr Joplin was suffering and found that he had hurt one of his fingers. The board considered that, as the holidays were about to commence, it was unnecessary to grant the request. 1883 1883 66 Petone Joplin Charles R Master £210.00 1883 66 Petone Stevens GertruDe Female Pupil Teacher £20.00 1883 66 Petone Tonks Annie E Female Pupil Teacher £20.00 Gertrude Stevens and Annie Tonks only taught for the Wellington Education Board for this year 25th January 1883 The following householders in the district have been elected members of the Petone School Committee ;—Messrs D. Buick (chairman), Curtis, Carter, Henderson, Kirk (secretary), London, and Scholes. 1st February 1883 Wellington Education Board £500 for new school Petone 3rd FEBRUARY 1883 Wellington Education Board wo members of the and to report upon the subject at the next meeting of the board. 20th February 1883 Wellington Education Board Wanted Pupil Teacher for Petone 12th March 1883 At the School Committee meeting it was decided to raise funds by subscription to purchase prizes for those children in each standard who succeed in obtaining the highest number of marks at the annual examination, also, prizes for sewing and attendance. Great dissatisfaction was expressed at the want of a new school, as the present building is inadequate and unhealthy. Mr Joplin, the schoolmaster, said a thermometer, which he hung up in the school, read 85 Deg Fah [Degrees Fahrenheit 29.444 degrees Celsius]., although the windows and door were open. 17th April 1883 Wellington Education Board advertises for a pupil teacher for Petone. 26th April 1883 Wellington Education Board The resignation of Miss Ella Stevens of her appointment as pupil teacher at Petone was accepted. Miss Annie Tonks appointed Pupil Teacher at Petone 9th May 1883 The School Committee held their usual monthly mooting last night and resolved to call a meeting of the residents on Monday evening next, to consider the advisability of asking the Education Board to close the school during the winter, or until the new school is erected. Sundry remarks were made as to the unsuitability of the present building for school purposes, as it is damp, draughty, and injurious to the health of the scholars and teachers. 12th May 1883 THE Householders of Petone are requested to meet at the School-room on MONDAY EVENING, at 7.30, to consider the advisability of Closing the School during the Winter Months, or until completion of the new School. 15th May 1883 At a meeting of householders resident at Petone, held last night in the schoolroom, to consider the question of closing the school during the winter months, it was unanimously agreed to request the committee to lay before the Education Board the necessity of giving the teacher power to close it on unfavourable days. A committee was also appointed to draw up a petition and obtain signatures of the parents to urge upon the Board the advisableness of at once proceeding with the new school, the present one being anything but suitable. One speaker incidentally observed that had the Education Board purchased the site recommended by the first school committee, the new one might have been erected long ago, and pointed out the unfairness of the law which gives the Education Board the power to ignore the recommendation of the local committee. The teacher and children, it was stated, have suffered in health more or less ; and now the winter has set in, it is more than time that something definite ought to be done. 18th May 1883 Tenders for the erection of School Buildings at Kaitoke, Park Vale, Petone, and Thorndon, will be received at the Education Board Office, up to noon of Tuesday, the 29th inst 30th May 1883 The master of the Petone School wrote applying for permission to close the school on wet days. Dr. Newman urged that the application should be granted and pointed out that in a few months a now building would be granted. He moved that permission be given. The Rev. J. Paterson and Mr. Bunny opposed the application. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Mason. A motion to the contrary was proposed, and this amendment was carried 7th June 1883 Wellington Education Board Tenders Petone school—Accepted : George Carter, .£560. Declined : P. M. Reynolds, £560 ; T. Orr, .£665 ; Murdoch and Rose, .£675 ; J. Russell, .£733 ; J. Ranson £760 ;J. Quin, £1200. (This was decided by the lowest tenderers.) 9th June 1883 Mr W. J. Kirk, Secretary to the Petone School Committee, writes to us with reference to our report of the last meeting of the Education Board, and desires us to correct the statement that Mr Joplin, the master of the local school, had applied for, permission to close the school during wet weather, as the application came from the Committee. Our report simply followed the statement made by the Chairman in bringing the matter before the Board, Mr. Joplin’s name being distinctly mentioned. These being the facts, we cannot admit that our report is open to correction, though we willingly do Mr Joplin justice by stating that the proposal was never supposed to have been brought forward by him on his own responsibility. 16th June 1883 As Messrs Reynolds and Carters tenders for the new school were equal, the Education Board left it in their hands to decide what course to pursue, the result being that Mr Reynolds withdrew in favor of the latter, who hopes, weather being favorable, to have it completed in September. 8th September 1883 Mr Joplin, master of the Petone State School, was on Wednesday last presented with a handsome marble clock by the scholars and residents in the district, on the occasion of his marriage. A suitable inscription on a silver plate was attached to the clock, which was purchased from Messrs Littlejohn and Son. Mrs Calvert and Mrs Blake formed the deputation which waited on Mr Joplin. 29th September 1883 The new school was opened to-day. It is a fine building, and materially assists in ornamenting the district. The Committee thought it unnecessary to make any demonstration. 6th October 1883 Annual Examination of Pupil Teachers: First Year over 15 years of age G Stevens and Annie Tonks both of Petone passed 13th October 1883 The State school at Petone was examined on Monday and Tuesday last week by Mr Lee, when the children parsed with credit to themselves and teachers. 1st November 1883 Wellington Education Board Question as to Petone old school site was referred to a Committee of the Board……….Petone application for fencing was referred to the Boards solicitor, to arrange with adjoining – owners 16th November 1883 PETONE STATE SCHOOL.