UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14508, 24 October 1910, Page 8

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

■ •'wlSßti i GOVERNMENT HOUSE' j|wt^ LEGISLATION NECESSAEy '® j fire Iiii.EGEAPH. SPECIAL , ' Wkllisgton, Satartsj' v appears that the question 0, *. I a port of the Auckland Gov,,! * I House s.t'j for university puny*. 1 Jd settled. While the EstiS ** I Education Department were V*-' - 8 I aidered in the -House of i this morning, the Prime Minister rSII % to the subject. He said it had I up for consideration in the CaW,I and on during the last 12 years, tS °? if he was not sure that it had not con* I 15 years ago, but there appeared to 2 I no chance of dealing with the site iT P cause under the appointment of th I presentative of the Kin, that sit/w ft been set apart as one of his reside K Until ijord Plunket's time they had nev* 1 obtained the consent of the ft and the Home authorities to allow t u' It site to be used for university purno,® 1 The consent of Lord Plunket had beenob! 6 tained and it was proposed to make * ft grant of £500 to enable the Governor t I take another house in Auckland *1, ° i he went there. The present represent* I tive of the King had also consented to II a portion of the site being used for unj r versity purposes, but it was now foJ| If that nothing could be done without W If lat ion. Iso other use could be made of il the site, except by Act of Parliament'' P Mr. Massey: Hear, hear. As a pub, § lie domain. • |g; Sir Joseph Ward: It was set aside aj P [ a residence for the Governor, and Pariia. Hp ment will have to pass an Act before it IP can be used for university purposes If I Mr. Massey : Have you considered th® I* Blount Eden site as a possible site fc, 11 the Grammar School? I believe that in fit the future it will be about the centre ol IP the city. It. will be more central than Iff Queen-street or Government House. || Sir Joseph Ward : Yes, that and othes iP §ites were considered, but no final de. if cision was arrived at. The whole matte* |l is under the consideration of the Govern- W ment, and I hope a satisfactory, solution If of what is a very important problem, win If be arrived at. • |f|