CLOCK AT GISBORNE.
[government refuses aid. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) GISBORNE, this day. The final word in regard to the Gisborne clock tower in so far as the Government is concerned has been spoken, the Postmaster-General, the Hon. A. Hamilton, having advised the Borough Council that it is estimated that the work would cost £900, which sum the Department was unable to find. Even if it was prepared to admit that the provision of a timepiece was the function of the Government. The Minister's letter stated that examination showed that to erect a tower on the post office a steel framework would have to be carried right from the ground, as the existing building was not considered stable enough to carry the weight of such superstructure.
A committee of the council is now considering a proposal for a system of chiming with synchronised dials and an electric clock.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 290, 8 December 1932, Page 10
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147CLOCK AT GISBORNE. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 290, 8 December 1932, Page 10
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