SCHOOL COMMITTEE TAKEN TO TASK.
A Simple Explanation
At the last meeting of the Opunake School Committee, the following letter was received from Dr. Valintine, the Assistant Health Officer :—" I beg to call your attention to the state of the privies at the Opunake School. They are situated over foul excreta pits. The Opunake Town Board has requisitioned householders to abolish these abominations, and I trust that your Board will have these pits disinfected with lime and filled in without delay." The subject was discussed, and while members would like to comply with the Health Officers's request, it was pointed out that they could not undertake the work as they had no funds for it. Resolved, That the letter be referred back to the Education Board, and the secretary to explain that the position of the committee is such that it takes all available funds to procure requisites and clean the school, and that it has no funds for this work.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 8097, 23 March 1905, Page 3
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161SCHOOL COMMITTEE TAKEN TO TASK. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 8097, 23 March 1905, Page 3
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