NEW ZEALAND STONE.
PARLIAMENT BCILDIXG SPECIFIGATIOXS; (By Telegraph —Own Correspondent.) WELLIXGTOX. this day. The new Parliament Building is to be constructed of Xew Zealand stone. Four varieties are to be mentioned as alternatives in the specifications, these being: l-oromandel granite. Tonga Bay granite, a grey marble from Sandy Bay, in the Xel?on province, nnd Mount Somers . stone. As t!'" tenderers must specify the prices at which they will utilise each kind of ?tone. tlio Government will be able to make a choice when the figures are known, but it has been rlefinitelv decided already that the very durable Coromandcl granite will bo u=pd in the basement story, which rises 14ft from the "round. I understand that no alteration of importance has been made in the design already described in print. The contractors are to complete the work within two years.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 127, 29 May 1913, Page 9
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140NEW ZEALAND STONE. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 127, 29 May 1913, Page 9
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