OHARIU SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1000, 15 December 1910, Page 8

OHARIU SCHOOL.

TEXDER ACCEPTED FOR REPAIRS. Upon further consideration of the question as to whether the Oliariu School should be rebuilt, or merely put in a state of repair for the; ijcxt few years, the Wellington Education Board, at its meeting on Tuesday, decided upon tho lat-, ter course, not without same opposition from Mr. W. H. Field, II.P. The chairman of the board (Mr. Robert Let) explained, when the question came up, that since the last meeting of the board the clerk of works had again visited the school, and' had reported that he had found no reason to alter his previous judgment. "Under the circumstances, the board's line of procedure ivas pla^ti—they should accept the verdict of their own officer in preference to that of outsiders. Mr. Field thought that the board might visit the school and definitely settlo the matter. Mr. Lee: What would be the use of that. The clerk of works has reported. What else, can we do? Mr. Field thought that a visit bv those members of the board as could 'finS it convenient to do so might resiilt in the board deciding to rebuild. It would have to do that in four years' time, and the question was- whether. they should spend £15 odd in .repairs for such a short period. He moved that the board pay a visit to Ohariu.

Mr. Lee objected. A deputation, had come to the last board meeting and produced a rotten stump in support of its contention that the piles were rotten. That, was no argument. His own house, eighteen years old, had recently been repaired, arid one of , the piles had been discovered to bj rotten. But the rest of the building was absolutely sound. According to a previous resolution of the board, he (the speaker) had been authorised to accept a tender for the repairs if the clerk of works reported in terms of. the previous report. He had done so, and all that now remained was to accept the tender, of Mr. V. Beech, which had been received at the last meeting of the board, and proceed with the I repairs.'. I There was no further discussion.