BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 102, 29 April 1908, Page 5

BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

PREMISES BEING ENLARGED.

The expansion of the business of the; Bank of New Zealand in Auckland, necessitates the enlargement of the premises. .- A five-storey -brick building, which- is to have a frontage to•: Swanstbh-street : of 84 feet, is shortly to be erected. The depth of the addition at the lower end, - where it will connect with the premises now in use, will be 44f„' The depth, ~ at the upper end will be 30ft. The build-.", ing is to be up-to-date in every, way;... The basement.will he constructed _-"_-'" to be level with the present bank ■ a_3_ chambers. This is the! only "portion "of the new building which. w_l be. used for bank" h_3'iness." The additions to theL; ; banking chambers provided in." the ' ment will be 32_ft by 27ft.~ A" storeroom, cloak room/book room, and.lun-..; cheon apartment will also be provided in the basement.. Offices ami; the,care- u taker's':quariers o yyill_:occupy the whole; of the upper "floors: The"ceilings-will be metal, the floors of concrete, and there will be electric light throughout. The' main entrance and the staircase to the front floor will be done in white . marble, and the walls will be tiled, the lower.portion of theTfront elevation'" will be in bluestohe. At the back-there " will he a brick annex for tellers' boxes in connection with train and railway de-' posits. The cost of the whole, it is esti-i mated, •" will be between "£9OOO and £10,000. Messrs. E. Mahony and Sonare the architects'. ' ■'."".'■