TUMBLE-DOWN SCHOOL.
DISSATISFACTION IN BLENHEIM. MINISTER INVITED TO INSPECT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) \ BLENHEIM, Thursday. Strong allegations of persistent neglect of the authorities to improve educational facilities In Blenheim were made at the annual meeting of the school committee last night. “I - don’t think there is a dirtier, more poverty-stricken, dilapidated and disreputable set of school buildings than those which do service for 400 pupils in Blenheim," declared the chairman, Mr R. McArtney. "The infant school floor is falling out, the windows are breaking as the walls warp, and the south-easter blows through the cracks like a blast from an ice-chamber. The doors will not stay shut or locked, and the building is awry in all 'directions as it falls to pieces through sheer age and decrepitude, after 57 years’ service," The meeting decided to invite the Minister to visit Blenheim and inspect the buildings, with a view to the erection of a new infant school and the complete remodelling of the main school.
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Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19596, 7 June 1935, Page 2
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