WEST END SCHOOL SITE.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 April 1920, Page 5

WEST END SCHOOL SITE.

COUNCIL REFUSE TO RE-OPEN NEGOTIATIONS. • jH The question of whether the BoroalH Council should re-open negotiation# wnH the Education Board in regard to gH offer for the exchange <?f Reserve T jH •the purpose of building & new oal School and hoatel was last night's meeting of the Council,.whJM the Mayor, in accordance with moved that the Council's previous lution, declining to negotiate furtnjfl for the sale or exchange of any tion of the reserve, be rescinded. i^B In the course of some remarkg on matter, the Mayor referred to grounds available for sports, and ttiH ticularly for cricket, and eaid cil had a reserve at the raceoouiso was practically all flat, and would, jSM thought, give ample room for all crtaifgfl in New Plymouth. He would b* vrtfl sorry if the future requirement* <rf cation in New Plymouth were sacrilottfl for the sake of sport. Cr. Short seconded the motion, on ttjjfl ground that educational needs must precedence of sports. He had btM^l in communication with the Directordfl Technical Education, who stated tta9 the night'classes were diminishing. lie wished to concentrate on the classes and leave space for the —iittnM of hostels. J Crs. Collis and Hayden opposed thai motion on the ground that to part with! the reserve, which was held in by the Council as a ground for M~fl creation, would be a breach tmll Cr. Hayden pointed out that while Ital serve T provided space for four clkfrafl matches as well as allowing rooa jtaftfl tennis and croquet, the flat area on thgfl U wllich the Board the Council was large enough for onlrfl one match at a time. ~«r ' U ! sa tlie conditions were nafl different from what they were when thai original motion was carried, and hefl would therefore oppose the: motion. ■ Cr. Parkin, supported the Mayor. g«r-'fl mg that the prospective value'of the ! area of the Standish Estate offered the I Council was far greater than Hesarre I i could ever be. ■ Cr Griffiths opposed the motion prin-1 "pally on the ground that the reserve I was originally asked for as a git# for 1 the West End School, but that as a site fl had now been found elsewhere for that I school, m spite of the fact that thai Board had assured the Council that no | other site was available, he saw no oc- fl casion to open negotiations for an ex- ■ change for some other purpose. I On the vote being taken, the motion I was defeated, the voting being: In favor, I the Mayor. Crs. Short and Parkin | M against, Crs. Hayden, Hill, Collii, ■ Brooker, and Griffiths. V