"NO STRONGER CASE."

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2708, 1 March 1916, Page 7

"NO STRONGER CASE."

FOR NEW TECHNICAL COLLEGE. The present state of the Wellington Technical College for room has been accentuated in several ways recently, yesterday tlie Finance Committee of the Wellington Education Board 1 reported that it had represented to the managers of the Technical School the necessity for relieving the pressure on the board's offices, tlmtliad gradually increased at the same time that the board's own requirements had also increased. The necessity for taking this action arose partly out of the board's present needs, and partly out of tho early inclusion of the Marlborough district in the Wellington district. In explanation of the above, the chairman (tho Hon. J. G. W. Aitken) said that in addition to the extra room that would be required by the'extension of the Wellington Education district a little later on, more room would be needed for tlie requirements of the board's staff. He was absolutely amassed' at the conditions that prevailed, and how the three inspectors managed to get through tlicir work in the ono room provided for them he did not know. He did not know tliat his hearing was much more sensitive than anybody else's, but the voice of the teacher next door — that he did not know was any louder than it should bo —kept booming in his cars tlie wholo time. Then there was the noise of tho children changing classes. How Mr. Stewart put up with tho clatter of feet and tongues was amazing. That being the case, tliey had written to the secretary of the Technical Board, calling upon his board to vacate the premises on as early a date as possible. In reply to their letter tho Technical Education Board had requested the board to arrange for a deputation to place beforo the Minister of Education the position of the Technical College in regard to buildings and grounds. It was decided that the city members of the Education Board, all country members who could make it convenient to attend, and the members of the Technical Education Board should be members of the deputation. Mr. W. H. Field said that the deputation should bo as large <i one as possible. The Technical School Board liad no stronger case than at prosent.