OHARIU SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 987, 30 November 1910, Page 5

OHARIU SCHOOL.

SOME VENERABLE "EXHIBITS."

A deputation of one—the chairman- of the Ohariu.School Committee —appeared before the Wellington Education Board yesterday in support of his district's agitation for tho erection of a new school building to replace the existing thirty-five-ycar-old structure. . The board, urged the deputation. (Mr. i S. Bryant), should abandon the idea of tinkering up the old building and build a uew one. Referring to the specification, for the repairs—tenders have already been called—Mr. Bryant complained that-there was no provision for new piles and plates. He then produced a sack, and extracted therefrom several venerable-looking chunks of wooddescribed by the chairman (Mr. lee) as resembling decayed teeth considerably magnified, and by Mr. Hogg as "elephants' tusks"—which represented all that was left of certain of the piles under the school. ..Mr. Bryant had had no difficulty in .kicking out tho relics with his foot. Mr. Buchanan drew Mr. Bryant's attention to* tho fact that his houso was thirty-seven years old, and the timbor in it was as.good as on the day it was built. "That's all right," replied Mr. Bryant. "It all depends on the timber," and he gazed disrespectfully at the "exhibits." . "Quite so," agreed Mr. Buchanan. Mr. Bryant proceeded to criticise the condition of the old school, and categorically condemned it, raking it foro and aft with adverse comment. He urged members to journey out to Ohariu to see the school for' themselves. "I'll stand the expense," he said. After some discussion it was agreed to defer for the present the work of repairing the. school, with, the .purpose of reviewing the whole question denovo.- ,