Schools Damaged by Storm

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 43, 21 February 1936, Page 5

Schools Damaged by Storm

COST OF £490 TO BOARD. APPLICATION TO DEPARTMENT FOR GRANT. Damage estimated at £490 was done by the recent istorms to school build-’ ings and grounds 'in tho Wellington Education Board’s district. A report to tho board recently by the build-, ings inspector ' showed that windows had been blown in, chimneys broken, drainage systems affected, grounds encroached' upon by slips and falling trees, fences wrecked and roofs damaged. At Shannon School a saddle shed had to be replaced, a fence, a washbasin shelter, and the boys’ sheltershed repaired, the tops of chimneys replaced, and new glass put in the windows of the entrance doors. The total amount of damage to this school was estimated at £63 15s, of which £SO would be required to attend to the boys’ shelter-slied.

Ohau, whose name is the Maori equivalent of “wind,” had its grounds cluttered up with'fallen trees, while fences had also been damaged and outbuildings affected by water seepage. The damage was estimated at £25. The water service and drainage at Tokomaru School would cost £ls 10s to re-

pair.; At Opiki, shelter-shed, bicycle stalls, and school roof had felt the force of tho storm, £25 being required for the damage.

Shelter-shed, residence and fencing had been damaged at Levin, falling trees being partly responsible; the board’s sliaro of tho cost would be £lO 15s. Otald school’s playground had to bo cleared of fallen trees and tho boundary fence repaired, £l3 10s being needed. •• • ■ .

Repairing the fuel-shed at Manakau would account for £4B of tho £sl 7s that the damage would cost, while several windows would have to have new glass, the bicyclo stalls would need attention and the roof had to be repaired. A motor-car slicd erected by tho teacher at his own expense had been demolished. HEAVIEST DAMAGE OF ALL.

Tho heaviest damage of all had been done at Muhunoa Eact School, the estimato being . £97 14s, to repair the teacher’s house, its roof, ceilings and fences, and for clearing away trees and for replacing fuel-shed, washhouse and outbuildings. In addition, £7O would have to be spent on tho school for repairing the roof, strengthening an end wall, and replacing and repairing windows and outbuildings. It was decided to make an application to the Education Department for a grant to cover tlio cost of the damage, the matter to be treated as urgent. In some cases, it was stated, temporary

repairs, had been effected, but - conditions in some..schools...w.ould become very ‘ serious if they wore allo wed . to continue in-disrepair: for' long.;