FRIGID SCHOOLROOMS
CONDITIONS IN TARANAKI A WATER HEATER FROZEN Lby TELEGRAPH —OWN' correspondent] NEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday The frigid conditions in some of the Eastern Taranaki schools during the recent frosty weather were discussed by the Taranaki Education Board to-day. " Can children carry on mental work effectively in such conditions?" asked the chairman, Mr. J. A. Valentine, after reporting on the extremely low temperatures. At Haokohua at S a.m. on J uno 2 the temperature inside the school was 26 degrees; at 9 a.m., the fire* having been alight for about an hour, the temperature was 32 degrees, and throughout the day it was never higher than 50 degrees. Mr. Valentine also reported that at Tahora at 7.30 a.m. on Juno 2 the temperature in the schoolroom was 23 degrees, at 9 a.m. it was 29 degrees, and during the day it was never higher than 47 degrees. At Whangamomona the temperature of the rooms at 8 a.m. was 20 degrees. The water in the heating pipes was frozen, and when a fire was put on in the stove an explosion occurred, damaging the stove.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22448, 18 June 1936, Page 14
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