A MIDNIGHT DEPUTATION.
CHRISTGETURCH TOWN HALL ,< ■ -;.]i site;; \[l-- : : : ; ;>': •. :"A:.: deputation of the \ Christchurch . city Members waited on .tbo .Prime Minister, at midnight' to convey to him the' suggestion of the City Council that the Government sliould hand over to the city;. ..as a site' ' for the new Town Hall;: the old Provincial Council Chambers, which will be rendered vacant on the removal of the public offices to new premises,in Cathedral Square. Tho "Prime -MirUster said that, he would riot .undertake to grant tho request, hut would' lay it beforo Cabinet. Tho tendency was' to hold' on to land in the citios, where the Government, periodically, had to buy fresh lands at enormous values.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 8
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114A MIDNIGHT DEPUTATION. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 8
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