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No. 1721 . PERTH. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1975
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Fast work at the new Queens Park school
"It is pleasing to a Minister for Education to know Australian Government funds are being put to good use. It is even more pleasing when f unds are used as quickly as they have been at St. Joseph's, Queens Park," Mr. Kim Beasley, said this week.
holding expense. Planning for the new tional The Australian Minister for Education said this in a school had commenced three tanks have been installed message sent on the occa- years ago, he pointed out; for the new school facilities. sion of the blessing and sketch plans had been pre- he said. opening of the new St. pared on the understanding The new school block was Joseph's primary school, last that the building might not designed to replace the old reach completion, but this school wing constructed in w eek. meant that eight months had 1936 and which had become Mr. Beazley's message been spent studying the unsuitable for any further continued: plans for maximum effec- e‘pansion. "The Schools Commistiveness. The old building will prosion's records show that I gressively be re-modelled to formally approved a grant., DECISION become an administra''on Of S145.000 for St. Joseph's 911111111.111 block. FOR 1975 only in September, 1974. -I believe this to be a The school board had commendable example of made a decision that the FINANCE educational planning. Of the total outlay, the building would be ready for -Please accept my best the opening of 1975 and Government grant covered ishes and the best wishes had set to demolishing an $145,000, leaving the parish of the Australian Govern- old house, clearing the site $80,000 to find. ment. Mr. Nagle explained that and putting in foundations "I am sure Your use of in the hope that their appli- the school board had calcus our new teaching areas cation for a grant would be lated that this extra amount t;hI be effective and crea- successful. could be serviced from ,ive." "Time is important when school funds and would be money is inflating at its no extra liability on the LONG-TERM present rate," Mr. Nagle Queens Park parish. Rising enrolment that PLANNING said, "and we lost practicalMr. Beazle.'s admiration ly no time in putting the necessitated some children arose from that fact that government grant immedi- bein 3 turned away last year was a principal factor in work had commenced on ately to work." the site two weeks after the "It is often ON erlooked the decision to push ahead grant was made in Septem- how much tin planning with a new school. A t present there are 340 ber last year and the first can take.,, .16 t a month progress payment was made to fina.lise.ten ers, but this pupils at St. Joseph's: boys in October. was be t4. u when the are at present taken to year 5 but next year boys will Past secretary of the St. monsy cameitailable." Joseph's school board, Mr. F e tders were receiv- be taken for full primary lohn Nagle. explained that ed and the contract was schooling. This will co-ordinate with the rapid progress with the awarded to. , well-known building construction was Queens Park iflentities Ben the decision of St. Norbert's ,he resuit of intensive Plan- and Jim Bipnchini; Mazak College to start co-education ning and preparation that and Seagar designed the in secondary classes. The new school compleunder a'sen 1-, he building. had j ments an array of facilities H the r re fpos that have been acquired by months. CONSTRUCTION St. Joseph's parish over the -31;-1He and ' r' • It SYSTEM years, including a swimming It was more than an 'sere -re2arq to Infor Mr Howard Atkinso, -. lel- t) as hs, showed "The system of construc- pool, tennis and basketball rio" er already spent on the his 7th Grade pupils no their classroor-. ths ,-eek. Appointed first lay headmaster of St. Joseph's preparations. if no grant was tion allows for the possibi- courts, a mini-golf rink and. Parish school, he was also moving into the' new classroom !:•lock blessed and or:ened this v'eek. forthcoming," he said. lity that the construction up until recently, a bowling materials could be dismantl- green that succumbed to ed and used elsewhere if the the invasion of kykuyiu necessity arose," Mr. Nagle grass. added. ( • SEE PAGE 5 ) "We would never have afforded to have built in ON INSIDE PAGES conventional materials." 4 For an expenditure of Calendar S225,000 St. Joseph's re- C lassified cei‘ ed eight classrooms, an Advertising 10 art and craft room and a Education MELBOURNE. — The Good Shepherd Sisters have sold their historic new toilet block. File 9 Mr. Nagle explained that Letters 10, 1 1 Abbortsford buildings and 36 acres of property sloping down to the St. Joseph's and St. Nor- News In Pars 4 River Yarra. bert's are caught in the ROME (Nc,) — Pope Caul has repeated his Sister Philomena standstill on the introduction earlier warning "The .nain convent build- vide the 20th century care of The Sisters have retained Earle 7 that he will approve no deep sewerage and drainchanges in the rules of the Society of Jesus five acres on which they will ing is one that is likely to be t hat is needed." 12 age that vitally affects the Sport governing a more homely con- preserved. but this can't be Sr. Claver said that the future of the district. Theatre . 7 access to the so-called "fourth vow" build d eermined until a sur‘ey is Abbotsford and Oakleigh Sent residence. of special obedience to the Pope. Although it meant addi- TV, Radio 9 communities worked toget They will continue to con- :(-Eripletcd." He so stated in a ha, Sr. Gayer. superior of the her in caring for the teenage duct St. Euphrasia's primary v,ritten ,,, . c b!- , 1;,•; , letter in schools A bbotsford Good Shepherd and commercial Superior -General of I h' the or ":-.P77.- 2 l ' v ich are not on the land community of 62 nuns, Jesuits, None was at. the AbbotsFather Pedro —have beel a ,:reed they were happy that ford convent now, but were a ffected ny the sale. Arrupe. The new owners are the the site would be used hr' an living in small hostels in • Despite a former letter 0./1.y "professed" from Cardinal e of Early Childhood organisaion whose work ;nner suburbs. ist;tu! Villot. oils are eli';'-l' :t‘ 'I:"All the time we are try'Ievelopment., an affiliate of was helping people. Staling that the Pope Ilates to ']ener 1 ,-o!could Coling to make life more norKindergarten "On, primary work is he Sta'e not anprove any ation. - which elect the c hanges lege. The price of the trans- with emotionally disturbed mal, more homelike with extending the superior - gent.7ral and t tena,7e girls -- perhaps you plenty of communication action was not disclosed. f ourth vow to all Jesuit m kaje laws for the So,:fe'y Priests. and fifty could hundred sa,. these are the with outside people," Sr. One the general congregation third-year trainees have tro-le the institute might Claver said. voted in Jan- of TheesIN'eurren! general The .Abbotsford nuns also already moved into th,f.i - miss in is early childhood liarY to draft new con- chapter has been meeting 'are ,-or 125 women who care.- Sr. (-laver said. new - urroundings. cf rele Proposals on the since the hee:nnin..7 of ,tormai there many years ago. "The large institutional ' hink one o: . status of mem- December. These nave either been that have made it a v,,,-)n(ifr- buildings at Abbotsford may °ers of the Society of According to a Jesuit Jesus. ful arrangement is that the be tine for a tertiary train- unable to cope with outside source, the Pope speciSisters of the Good Shep- ing institute, but are no society or have stayed on 1 The fortrth vow raises ficd that. he would not herd feel they arc handii,..' longer economic or suitable helping the work of the 'esuit priests to the permit an c%tension of s tatus sisters. over their site to correbod as a place to live in. of "professed" M hose :nterests are very "We would have loved to Sr. Claver said the undisembers of the society sirniiar.- the principal of the have kept it because it is closed proceeds of the sale 4,Tid renders them dig- ‘t‘h,heoftwm:lerrtehi\:loo':wr:trojesItess:)its It seemed clear to the beautiful. but he mainten- w ould be largely used in insIitote. Miss said. ibe for certainOffices source. however, that "The council and iht- ance and runnin- cos's arc' providing more personal acwithin it. Pope wanted no s .0T appreciaike 0 beyond our cil'eans ;.or cs, commodation thcse At presen: only the buildings there and we if we adapted the buildings women, perhaps in the smail ha '. 1--' at all Us cevu! half of the - about ctiht "l'i;": Preser.e the landscape,: it would just be like ca..h- community clusters with inroughly 1.-ic snerial vow. 1308 ALBANY HIGHWAY CANNINGTON work and ,;.e. '.ouidnt en- dividual .-ooms. TELEPHONE 68 1826
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