A MARKET FOR AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 902, 4 October 1866, Page 4

A MARKET FOR AUCKLAND.

Tub public will learn with a general feeling of satisfaction that the suggestions thrown out yesterday by the N*w Zealand Herald have been so soon acted upon .by the City Board, and that the old Supreme Courthouse and gaol and the adjoining premises are at once to be converted into a market place for the city. It has been determined to remove the fence on the Victoria-street side and throw the old gaol yard open for the erection of stalls, or as accommodation for drays containing vegetables, hay, &c. The old Courthouse itself is to be fitted up with stalls, benches, &c., which will be leased at a moderate rent, the plan on which it will be laid out being that furnished by Mr. "Weaver. In addition to this, the Board have determined on moving the embankment from the allotment between the old Court-house and

the Thistle Hotel. This space will be levelled and metalled and will be set apart as a stand for the carts of country settlers coming into town on Saturdays or any other day, a small fee being charged. Henceforth it will not be allowed for these carts to stand in the public-street as heretofore. As we stated in our article of yesterday, this market place can only be a temporary one, and will be perhaps the very means of bringing about, earlier than otherwise would have been done, the erection of a permanent market-place on the city reserve set apart for that purpose. If there really is a necessity for a public market in Auckland, and we have not the slightest doubt upon the matter, the next six months will amply prove the fact, and either quash or affirm the arguments of those who assert that it is unwise to spend £7,000 upon a useless work.