HAMILTON CATHEDRAL
Acceptance of Tender PROPOSED ADDITIONS Dominion Special Service. Auckland, March 16. The tender of Mr. W. B. Young, of Hamilton, was accepted on Tuesday evening by the Cathedral Building Committee for the erection of additions to St. Peter’s Cathedral, Hamilton. Mr. Young’s tender was £99 higher than a tender received from an Auckland firm of builders, but it was considered that the committee would be justified in authorising this comparatively small additional expenditure, Mr. Young being a local builder and, consequently, employing'entirely local labour.
The additions will include a new bell tower 17ft. square and 56ft. high and a choiv vestry, to be built on the south side of the present structure. A peal of eight bells- will eventually be installed in the tower, but at present only the tenor bell, weighing one ton, will be placed in position. This bell is now on its way to New Zealand from England.
The existing entrance porch on the west end of the cathedral will be removed, and a baptistry, entranee and memorial chapel will be built. The cost of the additions will be defrayed. principally from a bequest of £3OOO left by the late Miss Annie McPherson, of Hamilton, five years ago.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 147, 17 March 1933, Page 12
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