BUILDINGS ON DOMAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 163, 10 July 1914, Page 6

BUILDINGS ON DOMAIN.

?«IR. MICHAELS PROTESTS j AGAIN. ! MAYOR DBFFA'DS PROPOSAL. ; Another protest wn« made U~: night lij Mr IL T. Michaels aiiains, the dlimping Ml" 'mildinjrs on thr . Domain. The matlpr cropped up a: tin , niectinp «l the Auckland City CVmncil in a clausft j of the Kinance Co'mmitiwV report, stat- I ill).' that. Mr (5. Klliot had .-cut a ohcquP ! fur ■'-•■>ii(i jruaranUH-iL by himself and | i>l her r-kiwnfl towards the purchase 01 : llie (hn-ernment Court at t li - - Kxhibition K-γ a cadet drill hall, which the Council . proposes to Pieet on Uie Park Road | frontage of t Domain. Mr J!. T. ■ Michaels nsked where the City Council I intended li> pel tile i'*>oo iiecesenry to', make up tin- £1.000 which was being! paid for the buildinjr. The Mayor said it would bo paid nut ! of money for thp improvement of the Domain. Mr Mii-liael«: Yon don t ■-all this tin rliril an improvement. The Mayor: It is. Mr MirJiarle: I don*l eonsidPr it is an improvement. It 1 can possibly d"> ' it I will -[rroto?; ai;.iiii.-t >pi'ndin» this ; tri'ini'y i\>r tlii< buildinjr. and hlso against ' that "'[wper building" for the Hortiwl- ; tiiral Society. The Mayor >aid [if w;is surprised that, i there should lie any opposition to ths j prnpos.il ii'L'.irdinir the radet drill hall, j Mr Michaels: 1 mil not rejecting tv tho ,-;idt>i movement. ' The Mayor thought the lea<! :.hr r[t\ I i>oulil do ira* lo help on the movement I by somewhere for the lad.- to drill. Ai present they had absolutely nowhoro to <ro. The hall would bo a boon and a I.U-ssinp to tlum. Mr I. K. X. <iaudin: That i<; all ripht about the eailet movement: but -vvh.it about the hall for the Horticultural Society r Are we crvrnmiUcd to it? , Mr Michaels; [ ihink if wo fin.! £r>on for the eadot hall the Uoremmont ousrlit to find a silo. The Town Clerk (Mr IT \Y. Wil=on). when appoaled to, >aid t!io Coun«-il «as committed to the proposal for the Horticultural Society hall, and the matter had been embodied in the Kmpowering Bill. ' " i Mr Gaudiiu Then I wash m_v hand* of it. Mr A. .T. Entriean said that with a month's notice the society could !>r compelled to remove the hall from Uie Domain. Councilors: We have heard that before. Mr .1. M. Minnie asked if the Council I eoiil.l lejrally contribute {be L.">nn towards the 'cost of the cadet hall. ! The Mayor: Yes : there is absolutely i notl'ins: lo prevent vow biivinji th-jl , bit ill in- ] Tin niattrr then dropped after the I (uincii had pa.-sp,l a vote of thanks to' Mr Klliot and the ei-tizeiH who had >ub j scribed the i.Vin.