LAND AND BUILDINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14933, 5 March 1912, Page 9

LAND AND BUILDINGS.

• • ' ■. NEW BRANCH LIBRARY. THE CHOSEN DESIGN. ;' A HANDSOME STRUCTURE. 'Tot &»«" prepared by Mr. K. Hartley for the new branch library, and chosen bv the City Council from 18 designs sub- < mitted in 'the recent competition, makes ■provision for a handsome one-storey *" building, with iV frontage of 85ft to Mount '* * Eden Road, and a depth of 60it. A feature of ttfc building is a spacious portico, supported on columns and cover- ■ ' ing » broad flight of stops, leading to the main entrance vestibule. From this vestibule is the inner hall, giving access : 'to the rcadingroom and lending library. • The reading! is 33ft by 24ft, and provides for the accommodation of magazine tables, newspaper stands, and reference books. . The lending library is large enough to shelve 10.000 volumes. The librarian's - office and counter is situated between the above'named rooms, and will control the entrances and command a full view of both the rooms referred to. At the right 0 f the main entrance vestibule are the •■•"". : doors leading <" the lecture hall, 56ft by • 33ft '«^ ln platform at the rear for l* 0 " , J ture? or concerts, and provided with suitab'e exits. The hall will seat 300 people. «ni at the back of the room is a spacious .'*•'.''' fOßimitteercom, available as a retiringroom, also suitable cloakrooms and lava- ■ ' .',-' tories. ■ ' • The lecture hall and retiringrooms are so arranged that they can be used quite '- independently of the library portion of '..;'; •,'■', the premises. The librarian is provided '',•; ;| with a private entrance at the tide of the bnildimc- The external walls will be constructed of brick, built with a cavity, ' ,-.nd plastered with cement; the interior walls will also be. finished in plaster, ."'v? and the ceilings throughout in fibrous ,•' "plater. t Ihe lecture hall is to be 18ft high, and the lending library, reading- ■ loom, and entrances 16ft. The. whole of the- interior will be finished in a simple ,". but effective style. Tenders for the con- '. struction of the building are to be called ' .' " fa very shortly. . ..MORE BUSINESS PREMISES. |i SHOPS AND DWELLINGS. • ■ ." A block of three shops, two-storeys " high, in brick, with living accommodation on the first floor, is„ now being ;" erected in Queen-street, above the Town Hall, on the opposite side, and will be ready for occupation about the middle of I April nest. The contractor is Mr. Geo. ; Baildon, and the owners of the block are Messrs. S. Vaile and Sons. The price ■ is £1800. Plans have been prepared by Mr. A. ' B. Herrold (architect) for the erection of & two-storey brick shop and residence in " ' Dominion Road for Mr. R. Muir. The work of erecting an additional storey to the gasworks in Beaumontstreet .for' use as a workshop, has been ~ commenced by day labour. The addition will be in brick, and is estimated to cost " £700/ It will be ready in two months' ■ '.';trmtv-.',, Plans have been prepared for the erec- , lien of a large block of offices and shops in High-street for Mr. R. L. Cleland. The new building will cost over £6000. ' Messrs. Hill and Plummer intend to erect an additional storey in brick to their , premises in Hobson-street, at a cost of ; nearly £2000. * .' i During the latter part of February permits were granted by the City Council for the erection of dwellings as follows: . Two houses in Bayfield Estate (£3OO and ~ £575), three houses in Islington-street (£350, £350, and £290)), Newton-street ' (£300), Costlev-street (£350). Percival ;, Parade (£s9o)* John-street (£290), and ptf'lSWanganui Avenue (£500). ■.'■'■■ -.-../: :lff&". " ' - i ■: HALLENSTEIN'S BLOCK. ;:' : ':^^'^'-: : :*'. '■■■<■■'■ - '.■■■"■''. A TENDER ACCEPTED. . _ '■' .; , The work of erecting a three-storey . Mock for Messrs. Hallenstein Bros., at the corner of Pitt-street and Karangahape Road, has been commenced. The building will be. in brick and plaster, and the - upper floors will be let for use as offices, ;■s{£*; being provided with up-to-date accommodation in the shape of elevators and light:;ing arrangements. .. . Tenders were received .-by the architects (Messrs. E. Mahoney " and Sons) as follows last week:—J. H. Colebourne, £11,768; Jas. Webster, £11,186: Hamon and Sons, £11,093; L. McKinstrv, £10,797; W. C. Johns and > :;.■■>*? Sons, £10,29,5; Craig Bros., £9989; J. , J. Holland, £9977; F. Nelson, £9939; and Jas. Lye and Son, £9847. The lowest tender, that of Jas. Lye and Son, has been : "" accepted. ■

HAtTRAKI PLAINS BLOCK. '•' 1141 ACRES FOR SELECTION. t , •. A good deal of interest is being mani- \ y '• fested in the opening-up of a block of 1141 Mice, part of/ the Hauraki Plains, «* which applications will be received at the Auckland Lands Office up till Monday, March 25. The sections are open for selec- , tion on the optional' system. There are six sections in the Thames district as follow:—No. 21 (Block* XL), 100 acres,' cash purchase £750. half-yearly rental £18 15s "with right of purchase; ■ \ An. 22, 96 acres, cash purchase £760, halfyearly rental £19; No. 23, 100 acre*, . t'ash purchase £780, half-yearly rental £19 f|ffM« 5 No. 24, 105 acres, cash purchase £J6O, half-yearly rental £19; No. 25, 123 r.cres, cash purchase £850, half-yearly rental £20 15s: No. 26, 125 acres, cash. ! purchase £810, half-yearly rental £20 ss. ■ Four of the sections are in the Ohinemuri ■ , County; No, 3 (Block VII.), 123 acres, IV ,:. £830, £20 15s; No. 4, 123 acres, £830, . £20 15s; No. 5, 1215 acre*, £830, £20 ; ' 15s; No. 6, 122 acres, £860, £21 10s. .■ J~ e sections are situated about midway between tlio Pialco and Waihou Rivers, ■■ and are conveniently reached from the wharves at Turua, Kopuarahi, and Kere- ■;.' Peehi by formed cart-roads. Thev are comprised of rich alluvial clay deposit on t s Pumice sand, the depth of soil being considerable. There is no peat upon any of ™c sections, they are entirely level, immune from flood conditions, and more or «8s drained. The sections are not permanently watered but the Department W 'll sink artesian bores for settlers s,t co ?t: price upon satisfactory arrangements - , W v lth ) regard to payment being made with msSf the land drainage'engineer, Thames. All K?™ Bl jn water obtained so far is mineral«lPr£'i but ' is particularly good for all classes of stock. ||||gr:.v', SALES OP PROPERTY. A THAMES VALLEY ESTATE. ' Tl' u'Ji'<t?t Well -known property of - Messrs. li snei " Broa., situated at Netherton, -Jhames Valley, has recently been sold to Bm Auckland syndicate, which intends P, * cut it up, and place it on the market. ;-« property contains 1470 acres, and : i* l « ch river flats; it was originally , *U kahikatea biish. '•' "?;' Messrs. Samuel Vaile and Sons' ' •Won rooms on Friday two cottages in ■ . .

the estate of'the late Mr. Walter Scott, at the corner of Robert and Queen Streets, Ellerslie, were sold for £690. An eight-roomed residence in Curran-street was passed in at £1180, but was sold after the auction for £1200.

TENDERS INVITED. LAST WEEK'S LIST. Ihe following tenders were invited la.st week: — Bv the Public Works Department: For hydro-electric plant in connection with Lake, Coleridge electrical power scheme; for the. erection of an infectious diseases hospital at Rotorua; and for the erection of a cottage hospital at Rotorua. By the Education Board: For the erection of new schools at Mangaroa, Opouriao South and Wait etuna. By G. S. Goldsbro' (architect): For the erection of municipal abattoirs at. Whangarei. By C. Trevithiek (architect): For a house at Mount Albert. Bv J. Park (architect): For extensive additions to the Onohunga Woollen Mills. By E. Bartley (architect): For tea kiosk at Cheltenham Beach. By A. B. Herrold (architect): For a two-storey residence and shop 'in Dominion Road. By E. 'Mahoney and Sons (architect): Building in Lome-street. By A. Robb (architect): For a villa residence in Symonds-street, Onehunga. By T. W. May (architect):. For premises for the Auckland Drug Company in Federal-street.