WAIRARAPA COLLEGE

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 158, 1 April 1937, Page 15

WAIRARAPA COLLEGE

Excellent Progress Being Made on Additions

SOLIDITY OF FOUNDATIONS Dominion Special Service. Masterton, March 31. Excellent progress is being made with the additions to the Wairarapa High School, which will soon become the Wairarapa College, the combined institution for high school and technical pupils, and visitors to the school grounds are impressed by the structural work in the buildings and the solidity of their foun-

dations. Twenty-five to thirty men are engaged on the job, which was commenced at the beginning of the year, although work preparatory to the principal scheme had been commenced a few weeks beforhand.

Timber from all parts of New Zealand is being used in the construction, and the framework of three of the main sections has been erected. Before this, however, a great deal of work, not apparent to the layman, had been put into the foundations. Two solid concrete basements have been made to house the furnaces for the central beating system of the school. One furnace will be used for the home science block, and the other for the remainder of the buildings. While excavating for one of these basements, the workmen struck water, which made their task much more difficult. Although there is now eighteen inches of water in the basement, this will soon be removed. The home science building will be an imposing one with a dignified entrance. It will have a total length of 126 feet and a width of seventy feet. As well as this large ground floor, the building will have in addition a “practice flat” on the first floor. This section will contain in miniature all the features of an ordinary home. On the ground floor there will be a laundry, with several wash-tubs, a senior and junior kitchen, a large dressmaking room, and various other divisions embracing the home science courses.

Four additional classrooms will he built on to the north wing as well as a typewriter room, an art room, etc. The length of this additional wing is 220 feet. On the opposite wing, three additional classrooms will be added. Between the two wings, a large assembly hall to seat almost lOOt) people, is being constructed. This fine building will be fitted with a stage, measuring 30 x 20 feet, as well as large dressing-rooms and the main hall. The floor of the engineering department covers a total area of almost twelve thousand feet, and is covered with solid concrete six inches deep. When completed this department will be one of the most modern and comprehensive in the Dominion. It will include rooms for electric wiring. wool-classing, drawing, and a great number of other technical divisions. Adjoining the old building, a modern library is being constructed for the use of the pupils. The drainage system is being completely reconstructed on modern lines, and it will serve for both the new and old buildings. A large number of windows and skylights will ensure good ventilation, without draughts. z The teaching staff for the new school will be selected at a special meeting of the Wairarapa Secondary Education Board on April 12.

INQUEST CONTINUED

Driver of Car Which Plunged Down Bank Na.pier, March 31. Further evidence was heard at Napier this morning before the district coroner. Sir. J. Miller, concerning the death of Malcolm Garment Laidlaw, who was killed near Tarawera on Good Friday, when the car he was driving plunged over a bank and rolled into a creek, 45 feet: below road level. A passenger in the car, Trevor Henry Jones, said they were travelling down a straight incline and Laidlaw pulled over toward the outside to pass another car coming toward them. Suddenly the car struck a bump and almost immediately afterward left the road, rolled down a 45-foot bank, and came to rest in a creek. After the accident it was found that Laidlaw was still in the ear and under water. It was quite apparent that he was dead, witness added. The road had a good surface. The weather was fine and visibility was good. "When we passed the other car it had practically stopped and it appears to me that the driver of the other car did everything humanly possible under the circumstances,” said witness. “I would say that the other car did not contribute in any way to the cause of the accident." Corroborative evidence was given by the second passenger, Henry George Moore, and by Herbert Williams, who added that although the cars were very close at the moment of passing they did not touch and that the movement of the ill-fated car indicated that the driver was endeavouring to get the car back on the road when the accident occurred. After the accident, witness said, he saw the body of deceased under the car. He did not think the second car was responsible for the accident. The inquest was adjourned sine die.

BOWLS RECORD Foxton Rink Has 13 Wins In Succession MANAWATU TOURNAMENT Palmerston North, March 31. Playing 13 games without defeat, thus establishing a Alanawatu centre record, the Foxton rink, comprising D. Christie, AV. Howe. AV. Trueman and S. Mattar (skip), won the Alanawatu Bowling Centre’s Easter tournament to-day from Feilding (E. Way. J. Edelsten. A. Hamsay, AV. R. AVenham), by IS to 12. There was an entry of 54 rinks. Mattar has been playing consistently in the Manawatu for some years. Wenham, the runner-up, won the centre’s New Year 1937 tournament. _ Mattar’s rink played really good bowls in the final. In the semi-finals, Feilding beat Palmerston North (G. Tremaine, H. Green, A. S. Kerslake. AV. Crump), by 25 to 10. and Foxton defeated Northern (J. Kershaw. R. McMurray, R. A. Wort and P. Skoglund). by 20 to IS. after beingfive down with three heads to play. In the game for third and fourth places between the semi-final losers. Skoglund (Northern) defeated Crump (Palmerston North) by 26 to 16. The tournament, under the direction of the secretary of the centre. Mr. A. I‘. AVimsett, has been an outstanding success

PUTTING GREEN PROPOSED ON MARINE PARADE

Napier. March 31

It is proposed to tablish a putting green on Marine Parade, Napier, between the sound shell and the tennis courts. The mayor, Mr. C. 0. Morse, has invited a local golfer, Mr. Pinner, to submit a sketch plan of an 18-hole course, which Mr. Morse thinks could he laid down for £25. The scheme will then be put before councillors.