COMFORT IN THE HOME.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 261, 28 October 1908, Page 3

COMFORT IN THE HOME.

ABE I'ML'JiJiiiS I'KOPJiKJA' XUJiA'JtJiD? Painted walls or papered walls? That was the question mat iiail lo be decided _by lue huuuiuuu JJoard last niyiit in connection « u n new teachers' residences. Air. U. l , J iuuu ; ut'iul tcaelliT at Tur,k,» forwarded iiie thanks ol' iiiniseli and his wife lor having provided a residence that they could regard an a nomc. lie mjuested that tne walls oi tlie tour tront rooms and passage be rougli-lined and papered, instead of dress-lined and painted, hrg.ly, because the climate there was very damp an.' cold lor a considerable portion oi tl) jcar, and the paint condensed the moiture so much that unless there was lire m the rooms they were always wi during the winter, and cverytJiiii" i theiu became mildewed; secondly ° tt change would make the rooms' mu< warmer and drier, to say nothing , the extra pleasure derived from Jivii m them, fie would undertake to 1 compense the Hoard in full for any c tra cost of maintenance if tiirouun u foreseen circumstances lie were eo' pelled to leave within the next fo years. The chairman said he would oppc any change. The Hoard had adopt tins system of match lining rears a' for every change of teachers came' request for re-papering one room or i other.

-Mr. Morton moved that Uie Board ; I Inf , on " Jlr - tasou that ii could uoi uc- , cede to the request. . He would strong ! v °PP 05 <-' any departure from the present system of finishing Uie residences. It would be deeidedlv unfair, too, to Single out one teache'r for this favored treatment. lie instanced the . recyntly erected residence at Egmont village as one which was finished ii: this way. and which gave utmost sat isfaction to the teacher. Mr. Faull concurred and seconded th< motion. Mr. Morison asked if the teacher Were allowed to paper a room at his or her own expense. The chairman: No. Mr. Morison thought that a decided hardship. Of his own experience he knew that these unpapered, match-lined rooms were very cold and anything but homelike. Mr. Kennedy, whilst agreeing with the motion as a matter of expediency, did not like the principle. The motion was carried. Then came a letter from Mr. I. M. West, teacher at Tikorangi, voicing a ; complaint that all the walls of rooms in the new residence were to be painted in one color only, and that color was the same as the school walls. He ask- • ed that the colors foe varied. ' Messrs. Faull and Adlam objected. < The Board decided to grant the re- < quest, and the architect was instructed ] to use the tints desired in both cases, i