DEPUTATION.

Evening Star, Issue 3412, 28 January 1874, Page 2

DEPUTATION.

.V'C " , :[.< / V \ ( THB NORMAL SCHOOL SITE DIPFICULTr. • ] llus morning a_Jaige deputation of the Dunedin School Committee and citizens, com--prising Street, t Ziele. Tewsley, Robin, R. B. Cargill, Prosser, Sherwin, sem! James, G. Mathews. Stout,. iyI.P.C., Kikour H. M Ned, W. Mills, and -W, Wright, waited . u P on . Superintendent in reference to tbl above.:'; 'i i. T *’• ' . ,; f. c* " r Mr Street read to his Honor the resolution passed at the. recent educational meeting, and remarked that the resolution was . fully dis-cussed,-and largb number present-about 200 heads of “ 8 -fee , were only two , -dissentients! 1 he deputation now canie to see if ‘the Govern*ment could devise any way by which a site for ■ 7 1 ? not1 »al school codld Wifot.- ! ' ’> , ~ 18 Honor : The fact of- the' niatter is. there -is tro.way of.g;etting,;a sito f Ifecept faftOegulJ tion that be',ultimately chosen. I may say that there is a proiposal coming beforeJhe,Executive to-day, with a up a distinct school at rtirA anrango ajioiit a, site there. There is a very suitable site there' and ram in hopes that'the thihg will'be ca&fed through. “Of course 1 it 'is not intendedfdt I normal school. • -At ■ one; time I- thought we should have been able/ to make ‘ arrangements forgetting the old, Fii-st , Church. aa a sort of maka-nhift, j;ae • a temporary relief (tQ, thei other schools -but, as you know, thathaa beeneold. I don t know whether Mr Tewslejf is inclined to arrange for lettiugus have it. Mr lewslet said Mr Turnbull had spoken to him on the subject; but-he did Snot very well see how the thing could be carried out, as his farm was anxious,to begin; % spcokl wOrk foiwhich the building was bought. They could eyen.for a short i His Honor : If the Corporation lia3 m«our views we should have had the thldgTn hand ii ifeSSv justanothet phase,ofis ,Of.course, we dohotktiowexadtly what is to be the fate of the High SchdWtiU the Frovinoial Council meets. Some • people seem to. think there maybe sonfa alteration in regkrd to it, iqwhichcase that: buUding*would come m, and be very suitable for a Normal School and also for, another district School.. .-I.do not ?lf.%®® 9j discontinuing' the High behool lam not predated to go that length myself as yet. But it in 'quit?* pofeibti therb may be modifications and alterations which maV effect of placing it-atfduf disposal I Stout- did; ndf . think thei boW sb&dl would be very.-amtabla [ vr >, ‘ The Superintendent’s idea was” that the’ bq™ and girls schools .might be used, and thb school removed to the rectory. ; ’whether -memJg ?- f j9 e had mentibhed Ri buttSs . City Counkl were askiilg that the pieoe'of land : £L^ Upl | a bjr l h ® should‘hot; be built upon, and judging • by what fbllifrom from that todyit seemed to him that if the Government would agree tokeep that piece .of land open as a street, the wSf%““ C 4 to^ htjJlVe as ■ ? n Rfe.’idsp, thought,(that most of the citizens wouM agree that it was i inadvisable to let a building go up there, right in front of the railway station, where theremust and would be ipimensq traffic., It would be hgreat mistake, -andflieresiilt Of a building being, put there wquW be that it would have to bfe bought.off ultimately, imthe same way as was the' triangular piece on which the old Athei^u^ 1 'pfyf o *' \ 1 think’ *the ‘inattch that it whs made! condition-j ‘it -was 1 only' talked of- It is vert probable, if that is all that stands in the way, that the difficulty may be got over. I do not agree as to the necessity of keeping this place opep. . ’lt is a - a^d;would fetch thousands of pounds. However, if that iswha? «* *> GovernqMr v St°ut suggested -that the r Rrovinciil Secretary should communicate ’ with -thfe City CoimcU to see. whether they would be wilUnfe the offer : VS e tb p ugh 3 would jump, at Roßni had come to a different concliision.; Hismpmipm was that..the SCouncUJWfus,ed sohoqlflite on th,e,.OotagoYn<be- , causu. it yy.qiild, . spoil, their, favorite -Bohno*, of , biding a jiowa and v pn;,ther,E3- . serve. , ( -j-j •. ._ < t . iv r ',V ’ ■ f *v ■' i. -. “9 18 Honor said if the ‘Government offerek Brigade; StatibnMteTOe^R might be. A way 1 dqtof; thb difficutty.,:/'TW’6dvcmmbnt cqihffiuMbate with the Council . MTipßossEßr. fcould onlyjgive'hii own individual. opwon-i', rHe: did, not >think' thelGouhcil wouMrgive thq: Octagon site kuksaipne for hj .Town, hdt could had, . possiblyji! ttha',Umas. a Town . hall, ,TOL«odify; thp ( bpiuiof I ‘they a school that it for the purposes mlehded :t to w’ToWh AaUiO market -place,, and othfer pur.■poses ’irequired. the .interests'/ of -./ the itowm. He would suggest that-.the ConqQratioh iCyfq’kd suit—but as he was;a member orthb-.cominittee he, poh want" directop^psjtioniqtbem-Aiie, of the Corppristreet,if .'tue/GSVovih} e ntiS»yoJhe same; _ The Corpctafidh jBMt aquarterbf an acre, and, the Gov'ernmbxit another quarter of an’acre I .' , ’ ,i> •••■•? one** ??* roE - : / V n f ort,il l at ely we have not g<jt odse, the Corporation ttught it halfiau acl-e, if,,th6y received some copsiderationfromi the, Government. - TKe iOp ( whng i street from ,a mpney ~pomt/ Of mpre fvalpahle ope than the ®hqw. ;the deßweVbf.the Cofporatibn, as hadhebn before isaid,’ lb torvWind' the^interests df the* School ComtiiittW' ;; ‘ ■ 1 His Honor Government h'ad a sei;rion in-Dowling street. but that had been prottusfed resolution 'of the Rrovincial Council to the Voluhteers, to whom! in. exchange for it .he had offered togive a-site-a much; mote valuable, we;,m his ,the reclaimedground.; But,they did not seem to see,iVendff9%ihe own light. , ; ■ | : Mr remarked that I)bwlihg sti-eet was not in Bell[Ward, to which all the fesblutiops' pol^e 4- ft would also be because ■of the heavy .traffic totherailWaythat Would be upon the street. ■ r i i Mr.RßOSSßß.ithought there would bp very little traffic on tho street.when . Cumberland' street was .opened.. ~ CARGjLL askedif thei possible legislation that was referred to was meant to get over their q'n. .legal grounds, or the Corporation s.unwubngneas to,grant a site v 1 , Mr Street said there was actually no oppositum of a tangible, character to the' Octagon site. _ All; they coqld,find was that some publicans in the neigbbtorhood objectbd’to giving the BI W K T°^ er the people them'werliri'favorof it. . Mr Prosser tS ontra^i fi fed v M r Street’s statement. The Council never received any petitions oq the subject until after they deeded the

matte*; then, he believed, one petition was ceived. Speaking individually, he thought! ■L'ownng street a very good site. . i ~ His Honor: I think Mr Stout has indicated! the most feasible way oufeLof the difficulty*, Mr Pnohßßß did not think it would havathat-.i effect. ‘ ™ ~h s H on o ß : Ofcbu%^ftMowthel^bjlof! the Council better than tM ™ Mr Tewsley remarked tbit -the Octagon iaite ; was not a proper market. TTirf' experience of such placesSmw' thaVit&Sitild'sbe more to the north end of the town. The site would be much better for a public school than a market place. His Honor : I suppose that the School Committee would approve of Pelichet Bay as a district school. •

i - shwd. to hear of it. It was very niuclT wantedr Aa far asiDowhng street was concerned, it would take twelve or eighteen months before it could be.leyelled, „. :; . His Honor t That is an. ojbjectToh certaiiolyi rtoweyer, I wifiragaih' cbmniunicate with the Lity Lou ) ucil, , V id perhaps in the.iace of this Way be intiined' to, Bidfer > their>deCißion..^ *•.> i ■; Roiik, said it' ! wA hkely ■to be again put off indefinitely, I Wa* f 1 .stmuldbertf tniaConeeptiouDas * f ol Vwhich ,la n d,jy.as-jtoseryedl such, w»c<mcoption, ,it fMfeFWOyisdby %»Sn. ®niEly wi administer! that body’seenibd to beShJt St aite schbol Wahnot a* public purpbsb MthM the tfeanhib of the Trust. Apart .altogether ffbih the special applmation of this site for a market—fro id whidh it 'was intended to divwtnt/ sik it .was contemplated to build a Town, Hall coula adt;iniagiUe ally public, purpose jaffectihg tjie citizen? ,sq. extremely, important as a site - " n'i : i .tSKe r CTahV is . c 4^“i“yld iJLtrusfc. fprime purpose of h .OodhcU JOT^.lM rtlbn M a''school site, 1 there about'»»! hoi in' twia&of o,r®F ERPositidff• it fs qiiestiopable fpif Ydi^jhlust”^b£ y li|>B^ Mttis Po?™ in Ordintftfce'if 'the f CJouhou- oppose 'Very-strongly.' t wiU}ftiskd a We shall offer rto-igivh> them a site,on theira- - claimed -ground,-whlch-is - equally valuable- If . get ,the: Octagon,. sp much the better e birtthefpther is Stkeex still thdught that ti At' the.Aent)fe;bf:grea|t ,cn«4i;eh wquld;haVe to coiho along Pnnces street—a firbwied"thoroughJare.. 1 ‘L” T Hm Honor:. The traffic wiU and it.is Proposed tojaakl Jtteau-.Dr: ‘house tothb railwaW' ’• ,7.••• ' ■; • s/ ' !a * ! v ,1 _HisMhK'iripife'd' f if any ; A!tet htHer : tl[aii 'W? 8 ® mentionedisuggeated themselves' to sthe .depmtafapn, f \ ; \fJ ! Mr replied hegstiyp.; The matter-had been, carefully considereot. and'thfi vlcfeagon wasi chOaen as ithe host;, being jfthb ;^Ww° 3 kn’ap,d .most,, retired.,, The surronhoinb bebg th^^ ijHm . Honor admitted it was the most .preferabJa eite ji.but if it , could,! pot hj? i gpti Dowling N s< i.;.! neWiFo^ Council, aQy ,, .the =rr- hi'the negative. i '•1 9P?? R . : iP u ch a. deputation shduld wait upon must be influenced by public opinion. . said the r committee bad spoken ana-wntten •io often that they thoroughly ashamed and tired of going to the Council--(AVpioft,; Diahe*jrtened<)gi Aje, Tdisheartened. it was suggested that a memorial, if sumsJ}^. e^>.\-Fo 4id;. s t r engthen the ihands of the Gbvernment and members ofithe desired a, siterin the, Octagon. Hay mentioned that tfie sbubblS'wfere mote crowded this quarter than .they had ever been before. .r-r:>-' 1 The deputation then withdrew, •" wr 8 f - u;. -: J.