GREYMOUTH TOWN CLOCK

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 January 1944, Page 2

GREYMOUTH TOWN CLOCK

THREE SITES SUGGESTED

The question of a suitable site for the Greymouth town clock, whic i io to be removed from the towei ov the Chief Post Office owing to me impending demolition of the ■//''W for safety reasons, was discusse brifly at a meeting of the GreymouL Borough Council last evening, wffin three sites were suggested by u - Chairman of the Councils a. own Planning Committee (Cr. I*. *• Boustridge). He expressed a nope that publication, of the sugges.ions might evoke constructive proposals from townspeople. , J Cr. Boustridge said that the QIK.. tion had been referred to the dGWi Planning Committee for a lepo. h. and though they had not had a im ma. meeting members of the comm. Lee had discussed tne matter. Three sue.-, had been suggested. The. first was a small area of land m AlexancL Street near Mrs Victor s boardinghouse and also close to the o/eraead bridge. The objection to that ..ue seemed to be that the clock would oe visible from only a few places in tnbusiness area, but it would be ..real a over approximately the same area at present. The second site proposed was opposite the Cenotaph in Street on the site of the fire ieel building, between the Mam Scnoo. grounds and the Children s Pa. xIt would not then be visible from the business area, but people m that mea would probably still hear the chimes. It would be visible over a considerable part of the residential area, liethought that was a very siutabL spot. The third site was on the ycLe which runs parallel to Chapel down to Alexander Street, belunc. .. S. McAra’s residence (formerly Uw residence of Mr C. G. Moss). that spot the clock would be . e. prominent and would be visible in most parts of the town, though onh face would be towards the hill, it would also have the advantage tha. the chimes would be audible lor a much greater distance, and he understood that by the use of floodlighting, and some reflector material it wgu.g be visible at night at a much greater distance. The Committee would make a report to the Souncil in due course, but he thought it best to make known the sites already in view so that tne public would be able to make any constructive criticism which mtgnt assist the Council to put the clock m the best possible position. The Mayor (Mr F. A. Kitchingham) commented that it might be possible to incorporate the clock in a war memorial if a memorial were decided on after the end of the eonnict - 4 , ~ . Cr. G. M. Truman suggested thmthe Engineer should be asked to report on a suitable site. The Mayor said that the Town Planning Committee would consult lhe Engineer in preparing its report. Cr. J. Saunders said he thought the ciock should be put in a position as close as posible to the business area ol lhe town, where the workers placed such dependence upon it now.