SCHOOLS AND BILLIARDS.
A public school and a billiard saloon make an unusual combination, but according to a correspondent of a Wellington paper the township of Horopito, on the Main Trunk line, is the proud possessor 'of such a novelty. There being no other building available, the Wanganui Education Board has been renting'a hall, which was converted into a school building, but the owner of the hall has sold it to a billiardsaloonkeeper, and he now proposes to use it for the furtherance of this sport. He wrote a characteristic letter to the Board, ,and 'it was read • at its last meeting. He stated that he did not want to' oust the children, and they could remain in occupation of part of the building on condition that the erection of a ; .;, school was proceeded with at once. tHe further promised that no billiards would be played during school hours. "But," he added significantly, " if the school is not erected immediately out you go!" The Board decided to make immediate application to the Department for a grant for the erection of a school.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14359, 2 May 1910, Page 6
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