No Aluminium Schools At Present
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WELLINGTON, June lo. The Minister of Education^ Mr. Mc-. Combs, announced that although Oabinet had authorised him last year tc place an order for aluminium school buildings the plan had not been pro-i ceeded with because the cost- of these V buildings ereeted in New Zealand would ^ ^ be eonsiderably in exeess of the cost of school buildings at present being built. _ . The Minister was commenting on an article in a hrelbourne newspaper suggesting that Victoria might soon be building three-ton aluminium' country scliools which would move from place to place with the population. . \ The Minister * added that prefabn- | cated seliool buildings of local mater- . ials and able to be reassembled at dit* | ferent localities as required, had been | in use ili New Zealand for 30 years and , had been very satisfactory. - ] • • J
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 June 1949, Page 4
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