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Sir,—Might Mr Hay, who has stated that the Canterbuiy- f Club is an unwilling seller, how i he would react if the City Coun- • cil asked him to sell his shops in ' Colombo street at half what he ! considered their value to be? • Would he be public-spirited J enough to hand them over? The • City Council about two years ago ’ Offered the Canterbury Club ■. £50,000. Would the City Council ■ tell the public exactly what offer J it has made to the Canterbury « Club since then? The move is J surely to come from the City < Council and not the club.—Yours, * etc, , T.R.P May 31. 1960. - * [The president of Town Hall ’ Promotion (Mr J. L. Hay) said: ! “The question as to whether Hay’s, • Ltd. (a public company owned by 2000 shareholders and not by : me) would ’be willing to sell their * property • for, public purposes. Z seems hardly relevant to the • question of a town hall site. As J
I have repeatedly stated, the acquiring of the Canterbury Club as part of a civic centre has nothing whatever to do with Town Hall Promotion but is a matter for decision by the City Council, a body of responsible and fairminded people who can be trusted to deal honourably with the club and in the best interests of the of this city.)
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29222, 4 June 1960, Page 3
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