Another £I6OO Needed For GHS Swimming Baths
ABOUT £I6OO more is needed by the W hangarei Girls High School in order to ensure that its swimming baths, when built, will be fully equipped with filtration and chlorination plant, pumping equipment and dressing sheds. rirnn It is estimated that the total cost will be between £4600 tind £4700. fnr nnmninr*
about electricity charges for pumping water from the stream.
The principal (Miss C. S. Bell' announced this to the annual meeting of the school's parents’ association last night. More than 30 members attended.
“Our assets are the £2OOO 1 have mentioned plus a certain amount of money raised by the school itself.
Miss Bell said dial the engineer 'Mr (On Tapper) had almost completed his plans for the baths. ■•We want our baths to be of the best construction possible and equipped 1 with filtration plant to prevent the ear and throat trouble which comes with impure water,” she continued. “We have already raised £IOOO and will receive a further i-'IOOO in Government subsidy, but this will barely cover the cost of the baths themselves. I "Filtration plant will cost a further ! I fltioO or .‘.'1700. j ! "The- Health Department has approved of our using water from the • nearby stream, but has advised that a chlorination plant should be provided.
"t hope this association will donate l us its £222 a 0 credit balance. “We also have two tons of cement.
"This leaves about £IOOO or £I7OO still to be raised.”
Moving that £2OO be donated toward the cost of the baths, the president (Mr C. J. Dent) said: “This is election year, and there are so many politicians about, that. Miss Bell should be able to get one of them to band £I6OO over to her.”
His motion was carried unanim ously.
The election of the committee re ,idled:
Mesdamcs M. S. Wilson. Clinton Jones. Messrs K. Osbaldiston. C. J.
“Plans have been made for dressing sheds which would cost between £(100 and £7OO.
Dent. L. O. Hall. W. H. Corbett. H. Drew. B. W. Taylor: auditor. Mr W. J. Robertson: staff representatives. Misses Bell. F. C’. B. Knight. D. M. Pepper and Mrs A. Whitehead. The association's officers will he elected at a committee meeting.
"The only thing holding up finalisation of our plans is that we are awaiting advice from the Borough Council
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Northern Advocate, 3 November 1949, Page 3
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