THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PROPOSED FOURTH SCHOOL

Evening Star, Issue 3395, 8 January 1874, Page 3

THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PROPOSED FOURTH SCHOOL

£ ,City Council meeting, the which'bqre sevexity'sifink* fttW/waspresfenteli i—:- ***** oiiiaf S a “ The petition of the undersigned 'propCrtyholders, parents, and 1 residents/^within':.the vicimtyrof.the reserve, in the: Octagon; iknowfi as ,the Market Reserve, - respe.qtfu.lly aho.wcth that your petitioners learn that it ig the wish of the .Committee, that should be erected /the sjte abovei'ffiehtibhed.’ *’ ‘ That your petitiorierß'%re>- r 6f ; opimbri 5 that i: such a school Is abMutelyAequire^- the prb* posted site is a most unsuitable one for the mirpbse, atidis in : tooclPie ! proximity - to - tfife; present MiddteiuDistkdct ? School your petitioners; believe.that no fc .only - will-.the ■ adopr tion of such a course tend to depreciate,the value of the Burroundiug_property, but will be w great,, danger to .the,„phildren attending Wf.s,chpQl l ;thropgh. the“grealntraffic and ith ’viciirity//' l TJnat''.‘a hmriberbrfout petitioners .are"‘lerisrnts ofHhe Corporation, and take le'aVh to'think'rfhat-it would be. a violation of the terms on which ” they'‘took > *thcit Jeasescte alfenatcritheOsaid -reserve from its original purpose, vis., umarket reserve. Your , petitioners would therefore mort respectfully thb wiU withholdyour conientvio said .reserve being-used for the/purposo of , achbol thereon.” ’r . (Wambr suggested i-thatritheUpetition : should be referred to the Reserves Committee. | Cr. Prossrk thought it might‘be- better to l refer it to his Honor the Superintendent. Valid I reasons Lad been given in. Council•]why this! site should not;.^ 4 njMd o ‘fpr t .ithe... propose of a! school, and 'poiapprpve bf the aide rea-| sons broi^ghf’in 4 'Against- lhe iw the* reserve, by some of those gentlemfeht - who formed the deputation! to the -Superintendent. This was the only largecehtral site in the City, and might%bo iequired for .varioilS purposes, - while other sites had,been offered for the school, A central site had not been .given for a similar purpose hy thC cify authoritieß of Christchurch, i aa.statcdv and ho asked to contradict that asser-i tiidn! l< --lf ; the'Bbpeildr iattCinptefTtbj coerce the inferior Legislature, a fatal blow* would struck at dhe .institutions pf;the Pro-} vince. He moved that the memorial should be! returned to the memorialises, with an intima-l tion that the Council would adhere to its former resolution not to paff with the reserve for the -phrpose*asked.; r'H’.-l'J.' > '*', V; s’ir f oCnr®E|;yEs‘Becpn(led:the ; niotio%.apd sfsitfcd i'dbf;'th.e ; attempt, ( jigrpTincial Cpuncil in. ierrorejn oyer 'dnoVChtyi malteSp/" I '' ;- f “ ; j " ■ *,Cr.’ RXtiiiES said thal all this f lnnd would pot? : "w required for a, market for fifty years;to cofrife.j To use a portion of tho reserve would be am advantage to tho market. No site so suited! for a school had yet been pointed out. ; Cr.. B£bk agreed - that the site ■ was an un-| suitableoppjppd ; he wished the,.Qouncilcouldi vote a sum to purchaso a school site. ’ . .vpE; . not, see_why .the re/ I serve should be given for any other purpose Than a market reserve, particularly when tie ’iCWttpcil had decided thit it i should nbtlf -He : •adheosdr tov his formerdetermination in, the! •' matter. • ' • 'P?J?K ..said that :the reserve won'd be / iniured if more, than a quarter.of an aers were 1 ...taken off.it. .j / /.' / ; 1 Ihe motion was carried, . ' ; f *