THE EDUCATION BOARD'S BUILDINGS.
MR D. B-DUO'S REPORT.
The matter of the damage to Education Board property caused by the recent earthquakes was before the Education Board on Saturday morning. The Chairman, Mr D. Buddo, explained what had led up to their visit to Cheviot, when they found a chimneyless district. In every case at Spottswood and McKenziethe Board's property, which was plastered, had been seriously damaged. At MoKenzie all chimneys were hopelessly wrecked, and the tops in falling had caused consl_erable damage to roofs. Spottswood had suffered similarly, but plastered and the piaster being utterly ruined, the cost of renewing the Spottswood School would he greater.than the cost of putting, the McKenzie School in order. At Port Robinson the damage was trifling, and confined to the shaking off of the chimney tops above the roofs, Bot little damage being done to the roofs. The same description .would apply to the Domett School. The householders were .more or less in a panic-stricken state with the continued earth tremors, and in order to in some degree restore confidence he (Mr Buddo) had instructed the committee and headmaster to reopen the schools as soon as the debris had been removed and a sheet of iron placed over the chimney opening in :the root. He had agreed, on behalf of the Board, that the salaries of the teachers should not suffer from the small average attendance while the excitement continue-. They had no time to visit the Lea&ington aided, school, but Mr Gardiner had informed him that the school was damaged, and he had stated that Leamington would be treated similarly to other damaged schools. On the 21st inst. Waikari, Hurunui and v Medbury Schools were examined. The two former would require chimneys repaired^-and in one or two cases,rebuilt,* bat the v Medb_cy. School, buildings showed no evidence of damage from the earthquake. , The school work at the latter place was going on as usual, and the householders did not consider the damage serious. Mr Schmidt had prepared a detailed account of the damage, and an estimate of the oost of repairs and reconstruction. The Chairman then read a telegram forwarded to* the Premier and the Minister for Education, stating that he had visited Cheviot district schools, and found damage there to be about £350.; ih the Waikari district £150; in Kaiapoi £350. The Ministers were also asked to kindly advise if the* Board could rely on the GAnrernment to meet the extraordinary and unexpected loss, the Board having no funds- available. T_e Hon. W. C. Walker replied:—"Your wire received. Will'confer with'"Hon.. Mr Hall-Jones, but Cabinet will have to approve the special expenditure, and it may he impos-sible-to give its'decision before to-morrow (November 23rd). ■ Meanwhile, please accept my sympathy frith your Board aad the sufferers from earthquake for unfortunate losses." The Premier replied:—"l will bring matter before Cabinet on my return. Personally I consider an emergency of this kind requires' special consideration." The matter was discussed in c&nmittee, and the work ordered to be gone on with, details being left to the Buildings Committee.
THE EDUCATION BOARD'S BUILDINGS.
Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11131, 25 November 1901, Page 6
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