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Otago Witness, Issue 1652, 21 July 1883, Page 13

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{I'ROM ODR OWN COIIKKSI'^UttNT ) Jul-. 18 t own Board. Thia bo >.v seem low havo got fairl,\ unuer .\a\. Th j have a rend. \ dom, a gond work hi Ileoan btrcot, which, t.long wiDh tho cul>ert now biing placed across thu Main strctt, wi 1 au immense benefit to the community. I hey seemingly do not in> end to stop here, for they have u.adti an offer to su-ibidise the Co"nty Council to the extent of £.0 towards providing proper fooip^thi for the Main street, and havo voted tho sum of £B'i ft.r draining and improving others. Wo time has been lost in arra ging theso very prs-sing works, and members desbrvocredit for the attention and energy thoy have shown. School Committee. — Tins equally important body have under conaiderution the desirableness of obtaining a better site for the pu .lie tchool. Many a timo have tho residents wondered aG whoso inbtigation the p esent site was fixed uuon. for in every way it is abtolutely unfittod for the vurpose. It is low-lying, out-of the-way, dirty, damp, and dreary, with surroundings suggestive of chilb a us, colds, and bronchitis, 'ihe people, whose interest.s are at stak in tho matler of th»ir children's hea'.th, ought to i ender the O< mmittee every assibtance in their present attempt tj Beeure a larger and hotter site for imch an important public building i hero are pleuiy of sections of this kind, b'^the diflicuitien are in obtaining the Board* c .W.dnt and laising the rici e-sary Hinds But, alter all, uhe fumlare really no diffi. u'ty. Ttie prei-ent sito und bui dings could be bol i ; und although the new prernists might c.ist a tiifle more, that coulil soon bj defro-ieu m the sa i c way as many other • xpt i.s » of thd same kind. If ih < Committee are mxi nn to immortalise thumseivoa, let theoi stiam every nerve to carry their p int.