TERRACE SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 687, 11 December 1909, Page 12

TERRACE SCHOOL.

LAEGER.'PLAYGROUND' WANTED.

J TO-WAIT ON THE v;;: i -;/'/-'-<'■.;';;■■;:>', MINISTER,; ; ; .,;' : ■■ -. ■"/,; \\[':- ! / For years past one school, committee after an« : . other which has been elected to - administer ';-/■ the affairs of the Terrace School has attempted ■ to;'solve the' problem .of enlarging; the play. :■-•.' ground area, jvhich-is very much restrioted, .'■■'.' and in: extent out of/ all proportion to' the re- ' ; creative Requirements of the children. ;During- '■■'• '' the, time of tho'late Hon. Vf. C.,' Walker, a/'K : 'f promise, it is stated. was mado by him that •:': ah additional area of land would bo;,obtained; '■■',"■:;•" Recent agitation on the part of, the committee ' -l'. had .elicited ; from.'. the present Minister- ■/'■ for ■/-• .- Education , (Hon. G. Fowlds) an * undertaking. -.•',';•;/ ,- that a subsidy of £ for £ would be granted l by the ..Government- towards the cost; of: addi-'--.':;■: .turns: to /the" present .site. In;furtherance''. of ' • their desire ,to extend: the school playground a !',/ deputation from the Terrace School, Commit-' ■ '■'.'■ A tee/consisting of the Revs,- W. J. Comrie;and ''"-, Van Stavern waited upon the Education Board■■''■>■'•"' at its meeting yesterday/and- urged the claims •■:. '■■;:■;■' of the committee inthis respect;.; - '/';/:-; •■;•..: ;. Replying! to' the deputation, the chairman' :.' ; r (Mr.: Kobt., Lee) said, that the board was in 'a-•-''= ■■■>''' difficult position.- They had no sites-fund;, "If y'.; they: votedjinbuey,' for .the purpose indicated .-: /- that, money-.would have to como, out of;' the:.: ;'•• buildings grant,;' Tho Terrace ■ School was. oner :-,■' :■ of tho largest, and.one of the best/schools, in vithe board's. district,and ho assured.the' denu- '/'■'■'•■'• 'tation''.; that', if 'tho board could 'do anything ..'/.K. in the.'matter it would be done.' The Minister-'",.'. should.have found, the whole, of the/money.'..;';:;':. '(Hear, hear.)'< They had had sufficient -V'-ehce-of; the' subsidy basis.of'.financing such":"''/'?.';-.' proposals when establishing tho Potono ■'• West School;. 1 A' subsidy of ; .£7sowas granted by the.!: y/' Government for the site, the land had to be'-/:;:'/ taken and 'paid'for, by 'the-board' under- the. ,>:,'■' : Publib: Workß Act, and in- the end the. b6ard-.-; : was ''mulcted-'to' the 111110' of : JE2IOO, less JCfSO.;. • /',' ! '■ The deputation having Retired,- /:. -■"■'■; : '-Y;-'-<;yi; :■ On the motion of-Mr. Aitkcn it wasresolved . .;.. that the board, with tho mcnibcrsof. the School ■■:::.' Committee, wait upon the M'njster for Educa , ; . ; : tion with regard to the matter, -./•■'-" ~:;.: '• :';. . : :--i, . -At-a- later stage'., of the proceedings the-board' ■'..; ; •■■;. decided that the matter ot the withdrawal from- ! '■■': the Estimates of .the School Committee grant, '';.,/,., and the matter of-the inconvenience arisiuglout '■/'.': ''■:"■'■ of the new time-table, .would.also be brought ~ .-V. before the Minister when the deputation 1 inter- "■■■■ ;;' ! viewed, him.'with regard to-the Terrace School «:"'■'>; site."; '•• -•Vy\< ■;.'\ . ; :-'-/'v, S -■''■':■■; ; : ''■' '.;'''//':'.'.•/;:.