"KILBRYDE" AS A PARK.
;;; A RESERVE FOR PARNELL.. ' Tire '. acquisition of " Kilbryde,* the residence of the late Sir John Logan CampI bell, Cas -a reserve for Parnell was suggested by the>'Mayor of Auckland last night in the course of an address to a meeting at Parnell. -The property, he said, as -an historic relic alone,, should, be preserved and not, cut tip; by private speculators. It contained six acres 'of land, and had been valued at £12,000. It adjoined a, reserve of three acres, already owned by the borough; > and,; joined .with that, it :: -would' make, a park fit : to;" rival Point Erin' Park. If the chance of secures,' it .'were let to, pass now, it would pass ■ for ■ oyer:-:.-* What fci ; £12,000," said ■ the; ! Mayor, compared with the .value of such i j a park/ as it ■ : would provide for- future I : generations?" .' " --' - ■ ' ' ..Mr^PArr'added that if Paiijell became amalgamated,• with ■■■■ the cv grthmhuk%; lie -was prepared /to undertake that the estate Would he secured for a park within 12 month*,' .-:■' «V: : ■'•■ ..-..■ '■■ ■ ■■:: ••••
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15132, 24 October 1912, Page 8
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172"KILBRYDE" AS A PARK. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15132, 24 October 1912, Page 8
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