LINK WITH ST. PAUL'S.
An interesting link with Sir Christopher Wren is to be found at the museum. When Mr. K. Aimer, of Messrs. Grierson, Aimer and Draffin, the architects, was inspecting the stone that was being quarried on Portland Island for the museum, ha was shown a number of blocks bearing the famous Y mark of Sir. Christopher Wren and was told that these had Anally bee quarried, for St. Paul's Cathedral 200 years ago and had been passed by the architect, but they had been left over Through representations made by Sir (then Mr) James Gunson, first chairman of the memorial committee, one of the with ?he Wrea giga SB §ss*2B* ** exhibited jt
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20420, 23 November 1929, Page 5 (Supplement)
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