TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 9

TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD.

CA;mooting ; ofiho Technical Education Board •was! held in' the -Education "Bdafd.'.officcs last night,.; Mr. Jt.l'.Luko presiding.- Thero werp .also;present -'Messrs'.-:JV'G'.; \i-.: Aitkori, -Win. 'Allan, D.. Kobertson, andiT.Carmichael. ,' ■ A phefiue ss. from;Mr," W.'E.■■ilbrtim. towa'rds.tho-funds;of thq school 'was , receired.i ijmd'.a vote of thanks was ducordc'iV'-Mr: Morton, tho .chairman -remarkingioii.'tho .public spirit shown. ;by.tho. donor. ;!'■■.. '•'.'•'.

•In.answer to n qucstidn,' ; Mr, La Trohe stated : tha't ho'did not there was'morothah itilVqr;JQs "worth,'qf fees.in arrears. >;-■■: ~' ;' ■.;.'l'h'o.'cuairiiiai'i! remarking, on tde' site' ques-' tidn,; stated- that.the . mh£:er'-was. still! (joins' on 'aud Iliad; been. before: the'. City Council. the previous, night, ".'i'lio •coitncil''.-ivas I advertising thu Bill,' but' tho; Bill ;had.- not been .placed before, tho council ou Thursday uiglit, iho'-'advor-'.-tising having been dono' to Kcup. within.'the' rorciiiirements..of,,tho law, so that.the, Biil xould: bo, brought,beforo the Uou'so thi,s session.' 4lc' was not prepared to say,'wliat tho fiitiird of tlio Bill, wduul do, buti'lns own, idea was that .a valuation .'of tlio/lahd which they wcre ; lcaving ..sho.uld bo made;,'and .that the uamnproved value of .the now jsi te, should also t«. taken, • and the difference" credited to the board, plus the valuo •'of!'.-'tho lid, also, thought: that'the corporation Should bo asked- to: lacilitato matters tin. this basis, anil that .payments, bo spread ovorVa -period of; seven years,' as he: ilia not , think .tho' council' cduld; go in .for •' a loan.; or pay.tho whole of the money, in.any ono.year.; . . Mr.-Aitktii thoiightthat a great many ques-: tic-us,' must ariso:as -tho matter was■':disc'ussod inth tho. council nnd : opened out. Ho. liiovcd ; that 'a'isub-committcc,- consisting of .tho 'chairman ■ and"-Messrs'.'-.'Allan',! llobeftson,, Ca- - miciiael,. nnd tho .movcrj f bo. set up, to ■ confer' with; the. City Council,;.andcomo'.to.terms as b tho-basis of exchange aud 'acquirement of the John .Street site. • : ' ";--. \. ....■';■•.' : Mr. Oarhiichaol:said-that ho did' not approyo of/the John .Street.site,, as the' foundations there were.very bad. ;',-'.■'■■■;• V..Mr. Liiko: That matter has been decided. , : . ..Mr. -CarmicUacl: "Well. I don's want to bo dn.thocoinniittee." ;: ';;-';':•,!.'...:! ■: .-'■ Mr. Aitken's-motion was carried. ! , •' The following tenders v.-ero accepted'for the year ending August -31,' 1010:—Metals required (lead, ;copper,: castings), --A;" and T.\ Bui-t, Ltd.; electric cable,.H. A/Smith and Co.; bell Wire, A. and T. Burt, Ltd.; electric lamps, A. and T. Burt. Ltd.; .insnlating materials,• II; A. Smtih and Co.; enamel ■stccl:Conduit,''-H. ! ;'.A." Smith aud Co.; engineering stores, .'H.; G. Anderson and Co.; tvasto lead, T. • Ballinger,. Ltd. Tho quotations for timber being-tho same fiom C. and A. Odliu and Co.; Ltd,, and the Stewart Timber Company, Ltd., the orders arc to be equally divided. .-: .:.'.. '.The financial stntement' showed a'dobit balance 'of-'dCUO!)': Gs.-7d. The chairman • stated - thiit! *hcn: a; chequo (now due) chnie. to hand frorti tho'Education'Department'tlio following' day,'the board would bo. ■14s.' 9d.-to!credit. Frpni .calculations .made, recently it was prnc■tically• certain tjiat the board-would bd ablo to finance tho rest of. tho yoar.very succes's- , fully.;!' ■: .!;:::-!" -■■'■ ■' '' '.!"■ ' ■'■'■■" ■•- '_''■■;