CHIMNEY TO GO.

CHRISTCHURCH landmark. DESTRUCTOR'S CAREER OVER/ ; . ,'V J ''' (B; Ttligrtpk.—Owa Correspondent.) CBRISTCBUBCB/ this As a means of disposing of the city's refuse the destructor's .career is over, replaced by th* new dumping scheme* sod in a fairly shorttime, it is understood, steps will be taken to remove the high chimney. Although«the chimney is a well-known landmark it is not one that anyone bss the desire to preserve. The site ait present occupied by the chimney and the destructor 'buildings is marked, out for use in the expansion of the Municipal Electricity Department, which, although its fine new earthquake* proof headquarters on the chester Street corner are nearing pletion, already requires even morci room.

For mwi) reasons the big chimney is not popular with the City Council. One thing that makes it'incongruous is that the M.E.D. converter atation is earthquake proof and this building, together with workshops, nestles almost at the foot of the brick stack, which would certainly spread destruction if it failed to survive an earthquake.