Proposal To Build £350,000 Tourist Hotel Ist Auckland

Northern Advocate, 26 August 1946, Page 3

Proposal To Build £350,000 Tourist Hotel Ist Auckland

A proposal to erect a large, modern residential hotel to serve tourists and visitors to Auckland cn the site of the present Hotel Cargen, was presented to the Minister of Internal Affairs iMr Parry) by a deputation representing leading hotel interests today. It is estimated that the cost, with furnishings, will exceed £350,000. A permit to start building operations in about a year’s time was sought from the Government. As spokesman of the deputation. Mr K. B. Myers pointed out that the project was beyond the resources of any cne organisation. ACUTE SHORTAGE The interests represented New Zealand Breweries. Ltd., Dominion Breweries, Ltd.. Hancock and Co., Ltd., and Campbell and Ehrenfried. Ltd., who had agreed to pool their resources bysharing the responsibility equally for financial obligations sc that the enterprise could proceed without delay.

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Mr Myers referred to the acut« shortage cx hotel accommodation. They fully appreciated the necessity for providing houses for ex-servicemen and others in priority to all ether works, but if their inquiries from what was probably the highest authority on building construction in New Zealand had not convinced them that a permit for the proposed hotel would not interfere with the bousing programme, they would not be seeking a permit.

They asked Mr Parry to place the request before the Prime Minister. The Minister thanked the deputation for the sense of responsibility shown in present and future needs, also for emphasising their appreciation of homes having the first priority. He promised to bring the proposal before Cabinet and the Prime Minister at the earliest possible moment.