COST OF SIGN OF TAKAHE

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25581, 24 August 1948, Page 4

COST OF SIGN OF TAKAHE

£20,922 SPENT BY COUNCIL LEASE TO TENANT APPROVED The total cost of the Sign of the Takahe to the City Council since it was taken over was £20,922, £1(,153 being spent on alterations, said Cr. W. P. Glue (chairman of the works committee) at last evening’s meeting of the council. A councillor: Who was responsible for buying it? “It was council policy,’ replied Cr. Glue. From 26 tenders for the lease for five years of the Sign of the Takahe. the tender of Mrs C. P. Kennard at £312 per annum, subject to tjie approval of the Land Sales Court and the review of the rent after the first 12 months, was accepted by the council. Before interviewing 11 tenderers, the reserves committee resolved that the council should accept responsibility for the payment of the insurance on the building, furniture, and fittings provided by the council. On the committee’s recommendation, a sub-com-mittee (Crs. J. N. Clarke, J. L. Hay, L. G. Amos, and T. Green) was appointed to supervise the purchase of the furnishings. Mrs Kennard has been employed at the Federal Hotel for 15 years, and has had experience as clerk and din-ing-room manageress. Her husband had four years’ overseas experience in the Army. An offer of £4 from the pupils of the Cashmere school to provide a shield bearing the coat of arms of Christchurch or of some house connected with Christchurch was accepted. The headmaster wrote that the nupils had always been interested in the rebuilding, and teachers had tried, to inculcate the spirit of ownership and guardianship.