FIFTY YEARS, AGO.
SUPREME COURT.
QUESTION OF A SITE.
(From th« Herald of June 21, 1865.) Messrs. Amos and Co. are tho contractors for the new Supremo Courthouse, and arc prepared at once to carry out the work; but we regret to say that a hitch has arisen as to the site. As originally intended, it was to have been built in the paddock immediately at the rear of the largo corrugated iron stores built for the commissariat in Princes Street. A new (site, however, has been suggested, namelj. •on the reserve in front of the Council Chambers, and while the decision is periling the work remains uncommcnced. Wo cannot but express our surprise at the new proposal. A central position free from the noise and din of the actual traffic of tho city is what should be provided for such a purpose, and the original site has a great advantage over the newly-proposed one on this point. The city is rapidly spreading southward, as well as westward. The Under of Messrs. Amos and Co. for the Supreme Court buildings was £24,000.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15949, 21 June 1915, Page 10
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