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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

The Public School

The Public School, Longbeach, is situated on the Longbeach Road, about a mile and a half from the Waterton township, and so is conveniently situated for both the township and the families residing at Longbeach homestead. The school, which is well built of wood, was put up about 1876, on the corner of a twelve-acre block, a gift of the late Mr. John Grigg, who acted as chairman of the school committee for a number of years. Mr. Collins was first headmaster. When Mr. Watson, the present headmaster, took charge in 1890, the average attendance was fifty, and it has now risen to fifty-five. There is one female assistant teacher.