HAWERA SCHOOL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIV, Issue XLIV, 27 February 1924, Page 9

HAWERA SCHOOL.

BUILT IN 1875

¥n .connection with the date of the establishment of the Hawera School, Mr. G. Syrae, senr., in a conversation with Mr. Harding, stated that he. in Hawera just before Efow Year of 1875. He was then working for Mr. Thomas North, building contractor, and had just completed building the school at Manutahi. Mr. ■North had secured the contract for 'building the school at Hawera, and lie asked Mr. to take charge of the •job for him, which he did. Mr. Syme states that he completed the Trailding of 'the Hawera School at the beginning of May, 1875. This wa« tijhe first TmiKKng he erected in Hawera. Shortly afterwards Mr. Byrne, on his own account, secured the contract for the Manaia and Normanby schools, which he undertook and earfijed -through, succstssfully.