NEW GIRLS' COLLEGE.
ESTIMATED TO COST £100,000
Sketch plans for a new Girls' College were submitted to the Wellington College Board of Governors. The new building, 'which will ultimately provide accommodation for 000 to 650 pupils, is estimated to cost £100,000. It is-to be erected on the "Wellington College Reserve close by the Observatory, which is to be moved to another ;-ite. The. college is to have a handsome two-storey frontage facing down Austin Street and commanding a fine view of .the harbor. Thex1© will also be>' a' very liood two-storey el&vation, lobkin|fitovWjvrds Adelaide^ Road. :' > r ] ■ At,'first, stated the " chairiiitih (Mr W. F. ..Ward), ;it was'- proposed to build' Kuffieient classiTvoma for' 350 girls, the present excess at the" Girls 3 College being now 200. Members generally expressed their pleasure that the,,matter wits now well in hand.
The plans, which were unanimously approved by the board, are subject to * approval also 'by the Education Department.'
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Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 128, 2 June 1920, Page 3
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155NEW GIRLS' COLLEGE. Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 128, 2 June 1920, Page 3
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