A CITY ORGAN FOR CHRISTCHURCH.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10777, 3 October 1900, Page 4

A CITY ORGAN FOR CHRISTCHURCH.

The public spirit of the geifllemen -who are moving in the matter of getting a really first-class organ for the City of Christchurch is worthy of all praise, and we wish them erery euccess in their laudable effort. There is no question that am organ of the" fine quality proposed would add immensely to the attractiveness and usefulness of the Industrial Hall as a place of popular resort, and to its value from an educational point of view. By the scheme which has been devissd, the details of which appear in another column,it is hoped that toe organ will in time become absolutely the property of the citizens without asy inroad upon the rates, or, indeed, any cost to themselves beyond the money which they voluntarily contribute to entertainments in which, the organ is to play a part, and each of which, we havo little doubt, will give them, iixnr full moneys worth. The five gentlemen who have taken the matter in hand have shown their earnestness and public spirit by subscribing a hundred pounds each towards tho object. If the citizens wil! now do their part by taking up shares in tlie proposed companr, Christchurch in a comparatively short time will be able to. boas* of possessing, in addition to Xhs finest public h*ll in New Zealand, ai»o ws best organ in Mb* ealoßj-,