The Wellington Education Board Was Formed in 1877 and the Levin School Was Started Very Late
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Levin 1889-1890 1890 25 Levin Stuckey F Albert Male £ 100.00 The Wellington Education Board was formed in 1877 and the Levin school was started very late. Otaki started in 1880 with the Wanganui Education Board Schools. Otaki became a Wellington Education Board school in 1886 5th July 1889 NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 117 of the Land Act, 1885, that Henry Bevan, the Selector of Section 30, Levin Village Settlement, has applied to transfer the same to Frederick George Albert Stuckey. 6th September 1889 TO BUILDERS. ERECTION OF A SCHOOL AT LEVIN, TENDERS are invited for erection of a Schoolhouse at Levin. Specification to be seen at the office of the Education Board, Wellington, Messrs Stevens and Gorton, Palmerston North, and with the undersigned, to whom tenders must be sent, to arrive on or before noon on Wednesday, the 11th inst. I The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. FRED. STUCKEY, Chairman, Levin School Board. 4th September, 1889 [I could find no mention of a school board being formed] 6th January 1890 An Entertainment at Levin, —Mr W. H. Warren, who proceeds to Levin in readiness for the sale of education reserves tomorrow, will read in the Levin schoolhouse this evening, Dickon's ‘‘Christmas Carol” in aid of the school building fund. The schoolhouse is one of those recently erected in the bush settlements along the Manawatu line, and will be ready for service at the conclusion of -the present vacation. The Wellington Education Board were assisted in the cost of erection of the school by the settlers in the- neighbourhood; - and it is to assist the settlers that the present entertainment is intended. It is a healthy sign when settlers are, willing to put their hands in their pockets for the purpose of assisting the cause of education. 30th January 1890 Wellington Education Board Job applications included teacher at Levin, £100 and house 3 applicants 19th February 1890 Wellington Education Board Mr R S Pope appointed 21st February 1890 The New Levin school building — the farthest yet erected on the Manawatu line — has now been completed. Mr Pope is the master’ 24th April 1890 [School unidentified but probably Levin] Please allow me through your columns to complain of what I consider a nuisance on the railway between Palmerston and Wellington. Being a passenger lately, I and the other occupants of the carriage were annoyed by the fact that about twenty school children were put in at, I think, a place called Levin, and they travelled to Manakau, and during the time they were in the carriage it was just like Bedlam let loose, and through their incessant jabber it was simply impossible to hear oneself speak. Why don’t the Company find a special carriage for these children, and not impose such an infliction on people who are unfortunate enough not to be able to afford to travel first-class ? Another complaint is against the young collisions passengers by this train are treated to in the shape of jerks, enough to almost knock one down. If the Company do not wish to appear some of these days as defendants in some action for damages, let them see to this.— 1 am, etc., Facts. 25th June 1890 Wellington Education Board Alterations and improvements to the schools at Levin and Porirua were sanctioned. 30th October 1890 Wellington Education Board Mr Whiley’s tender of 18s per chain for fencing at Levin was accepted. [The chain is a unit of length equal to 66 feet (22 yards). It is subdivided into 100 links or 4 rods. There are 10 chains in a furlong, and 80 chains in one statute mile. In metric terms, it is 20.1168 m long.] In March 2020 terms inflation adjusted each chain would cost £185.427 10th December 1890 Wellington Education Board The resignations of Miss F. -Broberg Eketahuna, and Mr. R. J. Pope, Levin, Were accepted, and Mr. Stuckey temporarily appointed to the charge of the latter school' [Robert James Pope went on to have a long and successful career with the Wellington Education Board 1891 Featherston. 1892-1895 assistant at Newtown. 1896-1905 Headmaster at Kaiwaiwai, Between Featherston and Martinborough. 1906 to at Least 1923 Headmaster of Kaiwarra School 12th December 1890 In a description on a journey between Wellington and Palmerston North was this: Levin is our next stopping place, the circular being here also busily at work, reducing the large trees to all manner of marketable timber. The township, consisting of 4000 acres in the Horowhenua Block, was that referred to in my last letter as having been sold to Government by the native owners. Government has disposed of it to settlers, and rapid progress is being made with the work of clearing, and no less than 1500 acres of bush will bs felled at Levin this season. 11th December 1890 Evening Post A correspondent at Levin writes to us a long letter complaining of the manner in which the son of the chairman of the School Committee has been appointed to the position of master of the Levin school. Ho says grave dissatisfaction exists in the district upon the subject, and' a public meeting is likely to be held to petition the Board. Our correspondent's letter contains allegations which we could not safely publish. [Also published in the Manawatu Herald] Frederick G A Stuckey taught at Levin for a short time in 1890. 1891-1892 at Clyde Quay, Then 1893-1899 Headmaster of Kaitara School which was at Morison’s Bush East of Greytown, then 1900-1911 Head of Island bay School 1891 1891 34 Levin Tuckey Henry E Male £ 150.00 Where else has a Tuckey followed a Stuckey? Henry E Tuckey taught at Featherston 1880- 1883 as Headmaster with a BA 1889-1890 he was at the Kilbirnie School then the Terrace School. In 1891 at Leven, 1892 at Paraparaumu and 1893 at Te Whiti school east of Masterton In 1889 he was appointed relieving teacher by the Wellington Education Board He was a JP in Wellington before going to Featherston 19th December 1883 After difficulties with the Featherston School Committee he was appointed to the Headmastership of the Rangiora School Then in 1887 He was a Reverend in charge of St Peter’s parish in Wellington 10th March 1891 Opening of the Manawatu Gorge Railway included this quote as a passenger in the train We rush once more into forest, thick on either side without a break, untouched by the hand of man save for the railway clearing. Maori land this, 40,000 acres, the finest in the world ; great masses of luxuriant fern trees telling of the quality of the soil. In this country lies the Horowhenua Lake. Two openings, stony land where the forest never grew, make breaks in the forest with dreary poverty in the midst of the richness around; we reach and pass the little settlement of Levin; and once more we are in the heart of the forest. Kereru, with its rich clearing, reminds us that we are near the Manawatu River, sweeping round with southerly curve, on its way to the sea 27th April 1891 Inspector T R Fleming to inspect Levin School 6th May 27th May 1891 Wellington Education Board and £15 was voted for lining the Levin schoolroom 1892 1892 57 Levin McIntyre James Head Master £185.00 1892 57 Levin Dunlop Margaret Female Pupil Teacher £15.00 In 1891 Margaret Dunlop was a pupil teacher at Shannon. She then had 9 years as a pupil teacher at Levin. 1902/5423 Margaret Currie Dunlop John Duncan Brown James McIntyre started teaching as a pupil teacher in 1881 at Mt Cook Boys’. 1887-1888 assistant master at Petone. 1888-1891 assistant master at Newtown School. And from 1892 at Levin with a roll of 57 until he finished in or after 1921 when the roll at Levin DHS was 540 in the primary school and 39 in the High School. At least 43 years’ service to the Wellington Education Board 4th January 1892 . The inhabitants of Shannon and Levin are agitating for telephonic communication with Foxton. At present the passing railway trains arc their only means of communicating with outside places except during the few minutes a train is at the station, when in case of urgent necessity the private telephone of the Manawatu Railway Company is available. 27th January 1892 In Committee, the Board made selections of assistant teachers for the Clyde- quay, Kaiwarra, Vogeltown, and Otaki Schools, and also a head teacher for Levin, subject in. all cases to the approval of the local Committees. 24th February 1892 Wellington Education Board The question of the appointment of a teacher for the Levin School was left in the hands of a committee, consisting of the Chairman, Dr. Newman, and Mr. Fraser. 16th March 1892 On Monday morning the Chairman of the Wellington Education Board (Mr J. R. Blair) accompanied by Mr F. H. Fraser and Mr Dorset (Secretary to the Board), paid a visit to the Levin School and had a consultation with the local Committee on school subjects generally. They subsequently paid a visit to the Manakau School, with a similar object.’ 26th March 1892 Mr. J. McIntyre , now of Newtown School, has received the appointment of teacher to the Levin School, and proceeds to take charge on Monday. The Rev. H. E. Tuckey, relieving master to the Education Board, takes temporary charge of the Taita School. 27th April 1892 Wellington Education Board It was resolved to arrange for additional accommodation at the Levin school 28th April 1892 School Committee LEVIN.