DEPUTATIONS.

Evening Star, Issue 3977, 23 November 1875, Page 3

DEPUTATIONS.

THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS. A deputation from the Dunedin School Committee, comprising Messrs Cargill, Robin. Wright, (j-iiuea, and James (secretary), waited upon the this morning with reference to some matters connected with the Middle and other District Schools. Mr Cargill said the most important of the many pressing matters connected with the ? ch ? ol i Vaß the condition of the building must be erected, in order that the children might be accommodated. The present state of aifairs was very discouraging, and the committee were anxious to see the new building undertaken. His Honor said the Provincial Government were quite alive to the necessity of another building, and as soon as they had any available funds something would be done. In the meantime a site had been secured at the old cemetery reserve, at the top of York place, but the great obstacle was the want of money Upwards of L 30.000 was urgently required for providing school accommodation in different parts of the Province, and he wished that his project to borrow money for educational purposes had been carried out. However, the Provincial Council declined to consent to this and he was perfectly satisfied that the accommodation required could not be built out of revenue. It was an open question whether che Dunedin Corporation shou.d not, out of its abundant funds, pay compensation for the damage done to the Middle School, for it was through that body’s action that the building came to grief. b Atr Cargill thought there were good grounds for claiming compensation from the Corporation, as the school’s destruction was caused by their undermining. * r i G * r,LIE3 said he had noticed that the Auctdand people had applied to the General Government^ for an advance for educational purposes, with a fair prospect of getting it granted, and if Auckland obtained money from the general revenue for this purpose why should not Otago? y His Honor said there was no doubt that the Prov mce would have to borrow. The matter would, however, be submitted by him to the Provincial Executive for their favorable consideration, The present site of the scnool might, when sold, go far towards paying the expenses of the new building Before retiring the members of (he denutaZ.l nf ° rmed hl * Honor th at all the district schools were greatly overcrowded, but they considered the case of the Middle School the most urgent, and had therefore refrained from touclung upon the requirements of the others. THE MUNICIPALITY ON THE PLAT. Thir morning two deputations from the Plat waited on the Superintendent with reference to the. proposed municipality. The first consisted of Messrs MTndoe, Wyber, and Carey who presented a numerously signed petition protesting against the proposed municipality, ine second deputation comprised Messrs J. Meliuan, N. Moloney, J. Barrowman, T. Easo n, and M. Glass, representing the South Dun.Mlm Municipality Committee. They aske.i his Honor to proclaim the district a municipality, everything necessary bavin"been done., the conditions complied with, and more than two-thirds of the residents being in its T • de P utati on informed his Honor that tne signatures to the counter-petition presented this morning were obtained under false pretences. His Honor said, in reply, (fiat if it was found that the requisite number of inhaoifaints signed the petition in favor of forming the municipality and the necessary steps had been taken their wish would be given effect to.