MARTON SCHOOL.
QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE. (By Telegraph.) (From Our Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, Nov. 11. The lack of proper accommodation at the Marton School was mentioned by Mr. Glenn in the House to-day. He asked the Minister of Education what were the possibilities of the < long-standing promise tor the erec-1 tion of a new school being carried out. The matter, he said, was one of urgency, for recently the Railway Department had built a number of homes at Marton Junction with the result.that there were now 22 new families in the locality. The school was carried on In an ill-ventllatcd public hall. Hon. Parr replied that he regretted he was unable to give a favourable reply. He recognised that the school ought to be built for there was no doubt an Increase in settlement as the result of the Railway Department’s operations. Unfortunately, there were similar cases In other centres because the Government had no money with which to build schools. Mr. Glenn: This is an old promise. The Minister said he was aware of this and so soon as the Minister of Finance could give him the money, a thing about which he was not optimistic, he would resume his general building programme. He would not forget Marton If early In the year lhe financial position improved.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18329, 12 November 1921, Page 5
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218MARTON SCHOOL. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18329, 12 November 1921, Page 5
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