VICE-REGAL HOME
Establishment In South Island LOCAL BODIES SUPPORT PROPOSAL (From Our Own Reporter) TIMARU, October 8. Representations made to the Government by the Christchurch City Council urging that a Vice-Regal residence be established in the South Island will be supported by the South Island Local Bodies’ Association. Delegates at the association’s annual conference, which opened in Timaru today, agreed on this action after speakers had emphasised the importance of a Vice-Regal home in the South Island. “I think that the association can do something to change the present attitude of the Government.” said Mr George Manning (Christchurch). “There are two Vice-Regal residences in the North Island, at Wellington and Auckland, whereas we have not one in the South Island. The GovernorGeneral could stay in the South Island much longer if he had his own home, and the South Island as I see it would be better off. We cannot see why the Government does not have a residence for Her Majesty’s representative in the South Island.”
Another Christchurch delegate, Sir Ernest Andrews, said that when he was mayor he had the offer of the “Mill House.” a 22-roomed residence in Christchurch, with eight acres of land. The owner had told him. that the council could have the property for a Vice-Regal residence on a perpetual lease at a shilling a year. The Christchurch City Council agreed enthusiastically, and the Government was approached. An architect inspected the home, and he (Sir Ernest Andrews) took him round. It was doubtful if the architect ever went inside ttie building. In the architect’s report it was stated that it would cost more to repair the building than to gut up a new residence. The council ad offered to keep the grounds in order, and the Disabled Servicemen’s Re-establishment League had offered to furnish the building at a low rate. Both the last two Governor-Generals had expressed the opinion that a South Island Vice-Regal residence would be welcomed, said Sir Ernest Andrews
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26857, 9 October 1952, Page 7
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