Register of Private Schools




Register of Private Schools.

Education Department, Wellington, 1st June, 1918.

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 Cathedral, Wyndham Street, Auckland ,,
E 14/2-49 St. Andrew’s Private Lower Symonds Street.. ,, Miss Amy L. Louch 2 Mount Street, Auckland ,,
E 14/2-3 Rangi-ruru Grey Street Cambridge Miss M. M. Walker Queen Street, Cambridge ,,
E 14/2-4 St. Peter’s Convent Alpha Street ,, Rev. J. Kirrane Cambridge ,,
E 14/2-5 St. George’s Convent Kapanga Road Coromandel Rev. W. J. Murphy St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Wyndham Street, Auckland ,,
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 Monsignor Hackett 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 14/2-54 Southwell ,, Henry J. Sergel, Esq. Southwell School, Hamilton ,,
E 14/2-10 Whitiora Abbotsford Street ,, Mrs. E. S. Chainey “Whitiora,” Hamilton ,,
E 14/2-11 Howick Convent Picton Street.. Howick Monsignor Hackett The Presbytery, Ellerslie ,,
E 14/2-12 Huntly Convent Great South Road Huntly Rev. Mother Prioress The Convent, Huntly ,,
E 14/2-30 Seventh Day Adventist Bracken Street Leamington New Zealand Conference of Seventh Day Adventists 108 Ponsonby Road, Auckland ,,
E 14/2-14 St. Joseph’s Convent Mangawhare Dean van Dyk The Presbytery, Dargaville.. ,,
E 14/2-13 ,, Matata Rev. R. Bressers Matata ,,
E 14/2-15 St. Cuthbert’s College Stokes Road Mount Eden Dr. R. M. Beattie, Chairman Mental Hospital, Auckland.. Primary and secondary.
E 14/2-16 Good Shepherd Telford Avenue Mount Roskill Monsignor Gillan, V.G. St. Benedict’s Street, Newton Primary.
E 14/2-17 St. Benedict’s Convent St. Benedict’s Street Newton ,, ,, ,,
E 14/2-18 St. Joseph’s Convent Church Street Onehunga Monsignor Mahoney, V.G. Albert Street, Onehunga ,,
E 14/2-19 ,, Kelly Street Opotiki Rev. Mother Prioress The Convent. Opotiki ,,
E 14/2-20 ,, Church Street Otahuhu Rev. J. Taylor The Presbytery, Otahuhu ,,
E 14/2-21 ,, Belmont Road Paeroa.. Monsignor Hackett The Presbytery, Ellerslie ,,
E 14/2-22 Panmure Convent Main Road Panmure ,, ,, ,,
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.

*Registration as a secondary school is provisional.



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🎓 Education, Culture & Science
1 June 1918
Private Schools, Register, Education Act 1914
32 names identified
  • W. J. Murphy (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Patrick’s Convent
  • Amy L. Louch (Miss), Proprietor or Manager of St. Andrew’s Private
  • M. M. Walker (Miss), Proprietor or Manager of Rangi-ruru
  • J. Kirrane (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Peter’s Convent
  • W. J. Murphy (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. George’s Convent
  • M. J. Furlong (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Leo’s Convent
  • Hackett (Monsignor), 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 (Grey Lynn)
  • Henry J. Sergel (Esquire), Proprietor or Manager of Southwell
  • E. S. Chainey (Mrs.), Proprietor or Manager of Whitiora
  • Hackett (Monsignor), Proprietor or Manager of Howick Convent
  • Prioress (Rev. Mother), Proprietor or Manager of Huntly Convent
  • van Dyk (Dean), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent (Mangawhare)
  • R. Bressers (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent (Matata)
  • R. M. Beattie (Dr.), Chairman of St. Cuthbert’s College
  • Gillan (Monsignor, V.G.), Proprietor or Manager of Good Shepherd
  • Gillan (Monsignor, V.G.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Benedict’s Convent
  • Mahoney (Monsignor, V.G.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent (Onehunga)
  • Prioress (Rev. Mother), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent (Opotiki)
  • J. Taylor (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent (Otahuhu)
  • Hackett (Monsignor), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent (Paeroa)
  • Hackett (Monsignor), Proprietor or Manager of Panmure Convent
  • E. Brooke-Smith (Mr.), Secretary of Orphan Home
  • F. Cahill (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. John’s Convent
  • (General Trust Board), Proprietor or Manager of St. Stephen’s Maori Boys’
  • (General Trust Board), Proprietor or Manager of Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls
  • 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
  • J. Carran (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of Sacred Heart Girls’
  • Superior (Rev. Mother), Proprietor or Manager of St. Mary’s Convent High

  • W. J. Anderson, Director of Education