Register of Private Schools




Register of Private Schools.

Education Department, Wellington, 20th July, 1917.

THE following list of private schools registered for the time being under section 133 of the Education Act, 1914, is hereby published in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

W. J. ANDERSON, Director of Education.

REGISTER OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

Registered No. Name of School. Street. Place. Name of Proprietor or Manager. Address of Proprietor or Manager. Class of School.
E 14/2-1 Dilworth Ulster Institute Great South Road Auckland Dilworth Trust Board Hobson Buildings, Fort Street, Auckland Primary.
E 14/2-2 St. Patrick’s Convent Hobson Street ,, Rev. W. J. Murphy St. Patrick’s Presbytery, Wyndham Street, Auckland ,,
E 14/2-49 Miss Louch’s Private Lower Symonds Street. ,, Miss Amy E. Louch 2 Mount Street, Auckland ,,
E 14/2-3 Rangi-ruru Grey Street Cambridge Miss M. M. Walker “ Rangi-ruru,” Cambridge ,,
E 14/2-4 St. Peter’s Convent Alpha Street ,, Rev. Mother Prioress The Convent, Cambridge ,,
E 14/2-5 St. George’s Convent Kapanga Road Coromandel Sister Mary Alphonsus St. George’s Convent, Coromandel ,,
E 14/2-6 St. Leo’s Convent Albert Road Devonport Rev. M. J. Furlong Moyley Avenue, Devonport.. ,,
E 14/2-7 Ellerslie Convent Panmure Road Ellerslie Rev. M. Tormey The Presbytery, Ellerslie ,,
E 14/2-38 Church of England Diocesan High Clyde Street Epsom. Hon. E. Mitchelson Chairman, Board of Governors, Diocesan High School, Epsom *Primary and secondary.
E 14/2-8 St. Joseph’s Convent Great North Road Grey Lynn Rev. H. F. Holbrook Sussex Street, Grey Lynn Primary.
E 14/2-9 St. Mary’s Convent Clyde Street Hamilton Sisters of the Mission Clyde Street, Hamilton ,,
E 14/2-10 Whitiora Abbotsford Street ,, Mrs. E. S. Chainey “ Whitiora,” Hamilton ,,
E 14/2-11 Howick Convent Picton Street Howick Rev. M. Tormey The Presbytery, Ellerslie ,,
E 14/2-12 Huntly Convent Great South Road Huntly Bishop H. W. Cleary Auckland ,,
E 14/2-13 St. Joseph’s Convent Matata Rev. R. Bressers Matata ,,
E 14/2-14 ,, Mangawhare Dean van Dijk The Presbytery, Dargaville.. ,,
E 14/2-15 St. Cuthbert’s College Stokes Road Mount Eden Dr. Beattie, Chairman Mental Hospital, Auckland.. Primary and secondary.
E 14/2-16 Good Shepherd Telford Avenue Mount Roskill Monsignor Gillan, V.G. Gladstone Street, Newton Primary.
E 14/2-17 St. Benedict’s Convent East Street Newton ,, ,, ,,
E 14/2-18 St. Joseph’s Convent Church Street Onehunga Monsignor Mahoney, V.G. Arthur Street, Onehunga ,,
E 14/2-19 ,, Kelly Street Opotiki. Rev. Mother Prioress The Convent, Opotiki ,,
E 14/2-20 ,, Church Street Otahuhu Rev. F. Buckley The Presbytery, Otahuhu ,,
E 14/2-21 ,, Belmont Road Paeroa.. Monsignor Hackett The Presbytery, Paeroa ,,
E 14/2-22 Panmure Convent Main Road Panmure Rev. M. Tormey The Presbytery, Ellerslie ,,
E 14/2-23 Orphan Home Papatoetoe Mr. E. Brooke-Smith, Secretary Exchange Lane, Queen Street, Auckland ,,
E 14/2-24 St. John’s Convent Manukau Road Parnell Rev. F. Cahill The Presbytery, Manukau Road, Parnell ,,
E 14/2-25 St. Stephen’s Maori Boys’ St. Stephen’s Avenue ,, General Trust Board Diocese of Auckland, Shortland Street, Auckland ,,
E 14/2-44 Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls Glanville Terrace ,, ,, ,, ,,
E 14/2-45 Melmerly College St. George’s Bay Road.. ,, Miss H. J. Thompson Melmerly College, Parnell ,,
E 14/2-26 Marist Brothers’ (St. Columba’s) Vermont Street Ponsonby Rev. J. Carran O’Neill Street, Ponsonby ,,
E 14/2-27 Sacred Heart College Richmond Road ,, Brother Benignus Sacred Heart College, Ponsonby Primary and secondary.
E 14/2-28 Sacred Heart Girls’ Vermont Street ,, Rev. J. Carran O’Neill Street, Ponsonby Primary.
E 14/2-29 St. Mary’s Convent High New Street ,, Rev. Mother Superior St. Mary’s Convent, Ponsonby *Primary and secondary.
E 14/2-42 Pukekohe Convent Seddon Street Pukekohe Sisters of the Mission The Convent, Pukekohe Primary.
E 14/2-31 King’s College Remuera T. J. Kennedy, Secretary King’s College, Remuera Primary and secondary.
  • Registration as a secondary school is provisional.


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🎓 Register of Private Schools (continued from previous page)

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
20 July 1917
Private Schools, Register, Education Act 1914
27 names identified
  • W. J. Anderson, Director of Education
  • W. J. Murphy (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Patrick’s Convent
  • Amy E. Louch (Miss), Proprietor or Manager of Miss Louch’s Private
  • M. M. Walker (Miss), Proprietor or Manager of Rangi-ruru
  • Prioress (Rev. Mother), Proprietor or Manager of St. Peter’s Convent
  • Mary Alphonsus (Sister), Proprietor or Manager of St. George’s Convent
  • M. J. Furlong (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Leo’s Convent
  • M. Tormey (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of Ellerslie Convent
  • E. Mitchelson (Hon.), Chairman, Board of Governors of Church of England Diocesan High
  • H. F. Holbrook (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent
  • E. S. Chainey (Mrs.), Proprietor or Manager of Whitiora
  • H. W. Cleary (Bishop), Proprietor or Manager of Huntly Convent
  • R. Bressers (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent
  • van Dijk (Dean), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent
  • Beattie (Dr.), Chairman of St. Cuthbert’s College
  • Gillan (Monsignor, V.G.), Proprietor or Manager of Good Shepherd
  • Mahoney (Monsignor, V.G.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent
  • Prioress (Rev. Mother), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent
  • F. Buckley (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent
  • Hackett (Monsignor), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent
  • E. Brooke-Smith (Mr.), Secretary of Orphan Home
  • F. Cahill (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. John’s Convent
  • H. J. Thompson (Miss), Proprietor or Manager of Melmerly College
  • J. Carran (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of Marist Brothers’ (St. Columba’s)
  • Benignus (Brother), Proprietor or Manager of Sacred Heart College
  • Superior (Rev. Mother), Proprietor or Manager of St. Mary’s Convent High
  • T. J. Kennedy, Secretary of King’s College

  • W. J. Anderson, Director of Education