LANSDOWNE SCHOOL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3013, 9 October 1908, Page 5

LANSDOWNE SCHOOL.

THE BUILDING COMPLETED Y ESTER DAYThe contractors ior the erection of the Lansdowne School, Messrs Taylor and Hodgts, completed the work yesterday, just two months ahead of contract time. The very favourable weather was the cause of th 3 contractors making such excellent headway, and in addition they pushed on rapidly with the interior detail work not affected by weather. The school is a very handsome and compact building, and the contractors are to be congratulated on the creditable ■nanner in which they have carried out the contract. The building has been finished in pressed brick, and has two entrances, one from each end. There are two fine class rooms, each 26ft by 24ft, a commodious assembly room 60ft by 33ft, two privste rooms for teachers, each lift by'loft, and two lavatories and cloak rooms for the scholars. To ensure good ventilation and dryness generally the building has been erected on a base three feet above ground. The assembly room has been so constructed as to be divisable into two class rooms if desired. A feature of the detail work is that the blackboards have been'let into the walls of the class rooms,obviating the use of the old-time easel. In all the appointments nothing in the way of expense has been spared to make the school up to-date and convenient in every respect. The ceilings are of ivory woodj plaster with cornices ol stuccolin.

The painting was done by Messrs Smith Bros., and the plUmbine work by Messrs Pickering Bros. The plans were drawn by the architect for the Education Board (Mr McDougall) and Mr H. A. Jones, of Masterton, acted as building supervisor on behalf of the Board. The public will be permitted to inspect the school from to-day.