MILITARY HOSPITALS
SCHOOLS COMMANDEERED CRITICISM OF PRACTICE (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, Sept. 18. Strong comment regarding the action of the military and health authorities in taking over school buildings fpr use as hospitals was made at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board to-day. The board decided to protest against the proposed taking over of the Auckland Teachers’ Training College and the Hamilton West Primary School for use as hospitals, A protest was also registered at the inspection of the Training College by the Deputy Direc-tor-genera] of Health (Dr R- A. Shore) and the local medical health officer (Dr J T. Hughes) yesterday without first consulting the chairman or secretary of the board. “The schools are being bandied about from pillar to post, simply because the military and health people have not done their job.” said Mr F. A. Snell, who represents Hamilton on the board.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24407, 19 September 1940, Page 8
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