AUCKLAND POST OFFICE.
MIOTICS TO BE BUILT. Tho Department of Railways has with, drawn its objection to ll\e erection of Clio ornninontal arclws wliich wevo included in Hie original design of the now post office at Auckland. The arches wore intended (o enhance the architectural imnressivpiicss .-ind Hie frontline on IJucen ■itreel , bv not only milling lo tlie ueauly of Die building, but by also concealing the severely practical buildings wJucb 4niul bevoinl the post ollicc. I'hc proposal made by tho Department ol Kailways ami I lie Department of Public Works that the arches should be eliininnleil excited many ]jrotc&(s. 1 ostvrtl:»y afternoon the. Hon. .1. A. Milar sl.i.ta! Vhat it had liwn decided lo withdraw Iho objection, the Department consiilered thai the arches would enormously hamper tho trallie between the station and Queen Sfreot. Tho erection of tho arches will now be. proceeded with and the orißinal iles-u'ii, which provides for .structures in Oamaru stone on umc-swno bases rishitf lo a height uf 47ft., with openings 20ft. in width, will W. carnal out without modification.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1194, 1 August 1911, Page 4
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176AUCKLAND POST OFFICE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1194, 1 August 1911, Page 4
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