POORLY HOUSED.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1761, 28 May 1913, Page 8

POORLY HOUSED.

THE TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

GOOD WOTUC UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS. "We are behind every tinpnt town in (he country, and the outside public doesn't care twopence about it," declared Mr. 11. l'iehl, referring at yesterday's meeting ol' tho Wellington Education Board to the present condition of tho local Technical School as regards accommodation. There had just been tabled, for the information of tho board, tho official report of the Education Department's Inspector on tho general working of the school, and, inter alia, the inspector observed: — "It is a matter for regret that (ho school is slill conducted in a building tile greater part of which is totally unsuitable for the purposes of a technical scliool. This disability, however, does not appear to infiuenco the character of tho instruction, as the whole of the departments of instruction are eiliciently staffed, and the. instruction given is comprehensive and thorough. The order and condition of tiie whole of the classrooms and workshops aro satisfactory.

Tho chairman of the board (Mr. liobert Lee) remarked that in view of the fact that the Department's own inspector had condemned the housing conditions under which the school was suffering the time was opportune for tho board to approach the Government with reference to the provision of new and suitable buildings. ' Mr. J. Ct. IV. Aitken pointed out that there had already been initiated by the Technical School Board a movement in that direction, the idea being that tho two boards should join forces with tho City Council and the Industrial Association for the purpose of getting something definite done in the matter. The chairman said that tho question seemed to him to have become an immediate one. for the time was opportune in view of the report. Also, the board wa9 the controlling authority.

Mi". A. W. Hogg said that steps should bo taken to get a Bill prepnred for Parliament, as the session was close at hainl. He 'favoured Mount Cook as the best site for tho new school. After some further discussion the subject was dropped.