CANTERBURY HALL SITE.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 17017, 14 December 1920, Page 7

CANTERBURY HALL SITE.

2BOPQSED MUNICIPAL BUILDING ■ The Mayt*r, with several Councillors i end the City Engineer and Town Clerk, , visited tho Canterbury Hall site yesterday morning to gain some impression - a* to what preliminary clearing and disposal work could be put in hand forthwith to save time when tho contract is let for the new building to beerected for municipal and other officoa. A careful inspection was made of the ttlttn oxtcrior walls, and it was general- - «,' agreed that theso walls could all bo .njdorporatod i n the new building. Inwest centred chiefly in the old Alcxi*a ? a H> whero .there is a quantity which, in tho opinion of tho Cjtj Engineer, eould be disposed of ad- • *sj ta ? o:)Us ly. at the present time. An *f*r had also been rocoived, he said, > J?r *>•* spiral springs on which. the ottcuiff floor rests. A suggestion was jMae by Cγ; J. A. Flesher that on tho •?n of the Alexandra Hall a concert **«*■ could bo built largo enough to pre- <'][*» 'for musical events, wliich at preJ*)rt are difficult to "accommodate- owing Wβ shortage of halls in the city. ■ £he Mayor mentioned to tho Council fm night the result of tho visit of inspection. .pf-.H. T. Armstrong said lie did not winfc that the spare material should bo Reposed of until jt was definitely ascertained tho Council would not require it "Urrag th© rebuilding operations. The Mayor snid the City Surveyor Waa ready to go on with the clearing J* .the site and the stacking at ma- ' *?n<il, and tlio question of disposal ""Hid be considered later.