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, MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE ULLADULLA PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THE MILTON
4 SCHOOL DURING HIS RECENT VISIT OF THE SOUTH COAST DISTRICT.
The Minister visited Ulladulla and Milton in company
with Mr. Beale, M.L.A., on 25th February, 1948. He inspected
each of the schools, and received deputations relative to school
requirements. The case presented to the Minister at Ulladulla
is set out on the appended papers, and further particulars of
these visits and the Minister's comments, are set out below.
As a Group School is proposed which will cater for the
requirements of secondary pupils (at least) of each of these
districts, these visits are dealt with in the one summary.
1. ULLADULLA PUBLIC SCHOOL:
Deputation - Those present included:
Mr. A. Shepherd - Acting Town Clerk, Ulladulla,
Mrs. A. Clissold - Presented the P. & C's case.
Alderman A.E. Bridge Hon. Secretary, P. & C. Association.
Mrs. E. Myers
Mr. Rundell Vice President, Ulladulla P. & C. Assoc.
Dr. Jamieson - Ulladulla.
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The Minister first of all walked over the site which
has been offered to the Department by M.E.C. Bluett. The site
is timbered and the access to it rather difficult by reason of
the fact that the nearest road is in the first stage of being
formed. The site is situated in a reasonably good position further from the town than the existing one - and fairly level.
The offer of the site expires in April.
During the course of his inspection of the School, the
Minister was advised that the new road widening proposal will
result in the school fence being brought to about 3 feet of the
school building. His attention was drawn also to a site adjacent
to the site - on the Western side - which is grassed and level.
Statistical data with respect to the district was supplied by
the Ulladulla Council, which values the site offered to the
Department at £50000. This data, together with a copy of the
case as put by Mrs. Clissold, are appended.
The Minister stated that he would hear the case to be put
to him at Milton before attempting to reach a decision relative to
the location of a school to serve the needs of the combined area.
He said that he regretted the deplorable state of affairs at Ulladulla
so far as the school building and the existing site are concerned.
He said that the school is overcrowded, antiquated, and that the
best that can be said about it is that it might have served the
purposes required in its day.
Mr. heffron stated that what Ulladulla must have immediately,
whatever the decision relative to the Group School, is some temporary
accommodation which will enable the children to be properly housed.
He added that anything of a temporary nature which is done will be
purely a makeshift provision until proper permanent accommodation is
built.
, Mr. Heffron was impressed with the block of land offered
to the Department and thanked Mr. Bluett for his generous and publicspirited act. He stated that the site appeared to him (with the
timber and bush still on it) as a good one and suggested that the
land which is used for school purposes will have to be somewhat
typical of that in the district and suitable for agricultural
instruction, as the education provided there will need to have an
agricultural bias. Not being an authority on the subject, the
Minister said that his highly competent officers would advise him
as regards this aspect and he undertook to make immediate