THE SOUTH BELT SCHOOL.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11098, 17 October 1901, Page 2

THE SOUTH BELT SCHOOL.

ftBASONS DEMANDED FBDM THE ; Tfe* Sottth Belt School sale trouble cam* tip again at t&6 ftSSfing of the Education Btfaid held yesterd&v. Mr Dafrtel complained that the Boird Dad had fid cofttaanfeition frofr in* Education .Department, eicept the telegtara peremptorily forbidding the sale, and tlrt Board tSrtila xlo ttothiftg onMl they were ir fefcelpt of fait&st- lnfotma«de. He eon. . sidered the Department should be asked it give fttfne reasons ft* thfefr action, and ht would tJWffefOfe hat this Boahi ask -t!t« Education department for its reasons for stopping ths sale of'the Souti Belt School, and at the same time poibt out thai tiie Board was anxious to make provision fOf &r?ißg tee&bi&l lß«fcftieti6r in OhHstdutttft* an the centre of its dis> triot, and ftitet Vt£f careful and long cobsfctefation the Board, were t&tifeded thai the school in qbestfoh Would not Again b< required for a priniary Rcflool.* , Mr Adatas, Whd seconded the refeoktlon stated that the Board b*d had the fhattei under Cofisidefotion for the latit two t>l three yeaie, *M bite? v«y careful ton ei&sration, and With a full knowledge of th< facts, was satisfied that there was B6 longei any necessity for the school, but ifc Wai very desirable that they enoUld ma&e S6m< progress with the technical in§tfu6tion. As it waS> they vrei-fe tifiable to niak< any ibt tiie want of a suhabit Site 6ft trhich to build. Mi* Rennie supported the resolution, afic complained of the Vexatious delay that fe-ic been put in t>lle -Vriay of the Board. burton, Lvttelton, and other places ver< ikh«dd ttitfi their teChnital education but Christchurch was at a standstil). Ii the Department reftised to allow them t< sell the site, then the Board should afcl the Dep&rtmerit to find the tnotiet to enabli them to start the teoliniCfU Mr Perj-main pointed out that the opposition to the closing of the Souih Bell School oaJne fi-OJn tiie feast Belt SohW OattHftittee, Vlio felt aggrieved becau& they had not been consulted by the Boarc on the tttKtter. Hβ agreed-With tile {suggestion that if tbe Government (persisted ir its refuel, the Board Should apply to them k> provide a suitable site. Ihb lfsoltttion \vas then put and carried tmaiiimoHsl?.