WHICH IS LANDLORD?
TECHNICAL SCHOOL RENT DIS--IMJTK. Tho Wellington Industrial Association i» still ut. issue with tho Education Board mid the Auditor-General over its landlordship mid claim lor rent of the buildin); in Victoria Street, used by the Technical Sc,hool, in which the association has invested a sum of *£1500. At its meeting last evening tlio Industrial Association decided to press vigorously i'ar a. settlement of the matter, it is in possession 01' a legal opinion, obtained irom ilr. A. L. Herdman, M.I 1 ., that tho Education Board holds tho sum of «CISOO in trust for tlio association, and that failing a satistacioi'v settlement tho matter should I*s brought beforo the' Court in order to obtain a ruling to this oil'oct. Mr. T. Ballinger moved, last evening, that tho whole of the executive should wait upon the Acting-Minister for Education (the lion. T. Mackenzie) and that failing satisfaction being obtained in that quarter, the association shoukl fake legal proceedings to establish its rights. Tho president (Mr. L. K. Partridge) seconded the motion and remarked that, at tho present time the association was in the position of having to pay .£5 a mouth rent for offices, while it received nothing. In replv to a question, lie added that tlio rent claimed by the association and disallowed by the Auditor-General was X10I) a year. Mr. Ballinger said that tho association had been in the habit of giving the Technical Education Jioard J?25 a year. This carried a Government subsidy of equal amount. The association had discontinued its donation since the.rent difficulty arose, so that tho Technical Education Hoard was losing .C.M) a year. Tho secretary (Mr. 11. F. Alien) mentioned that although it had discontinued its subsidy, the association had been notified as usual that it was ont.itled to appoint a member to the Technical Education Board.
Mr. Partridge; Presumably by'virtue of its properly in the building. Tho resolution was muiniinouslv agreed to.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1393, 20 March 1912, Page 4
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321WHICH IS LANDLORD? Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1393, 20 March 1912, Page 4
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