CITY PROPERTY SALE.
. «t> — _ 5 PURCHASE BY GOVERNMENT. 9 3 ' t LAW COURTS' BUILDING. Negotiations for the purchase by the Government of the property in High Street adjoining the Deeds Registry Office have just been completed, the owner of r the • property, Mr. R. Cleland, having » been advised yesterday that the Government was prepared to purchase the block at the price placed on it by —£23,000. The property has a frontage of about 100 . feet to High Street, and the buildings "bn it include the four-floor block know n as the Law Court Buildings, which occupy ' about half the frontage. The structure, which is in brick, is practically new, having been completed in 1913. The bottom 1 floor is tenanted by a business firm deal- " ing in electrical supplies, and the upper > floors are occupied as offices. » For some time past there has been an i urgent need for further accommodation for the Land and Deeds, Stamp, and Land 1 and Survey Departments in Auckland.. No 3 doubt the purchase of the additional bf&ck - is intended to provide this further accomf modation. 1
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17347, 19 December 1919, Page 8
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