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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17234, 14 April 1930, Page 8

An interpretation of certain clauses of the wool and grain store employees' award was sought at a sitting of the Arbitration Conn at Napier on Friday. The court, after hearing all sides, intimated that- a written interpretation would be given. Warm commendation of the efforts of I'll a i resident;; in Hie provision of a school lor the children of employees at the Waikareinoana power station was made by Ihe secretary, .Mr \V. L Dunn, in his re-porl (<i the liawke's Bay ivducation Hoard at its meeting in Napier i.u |'i ida\ . Mr. Dunn staled : "In this case Ihi' department was not prepared lo grant the usual full cost ol n new si in.i,l. The r.osi of the material was piovidcd, but the residents had lo provide all the labor, and the building is a i redil lo the residents. Jl has been well huilt and finished off. ample electric heating has been pro\ ided, and the mil offices are connected with a septic lank drainage system. 'I he hoard should now lake over this schrnl for maintenance purposes, as the residents have already done their full sh ire in voluntaiy elfor I, and I hey should nol he expected to provide the full ci'.st of maintenance. Some i•"ijiiireinenls ill the way of fencing are necessary, and the hoard should give some assistance in this direction when an application is made, There are 33 children "ii the roll. I may add that the Public Works Department, in erecting the accommodation house at Tuai, provided special accommodation for a teacher, and any teacher is indeed fortunate in having such excellent quartnrs." The hoard approved the secretary's recommendation to assume responsibility for the maintenance of the school.