CATHEDRAL AT PARNELL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23688, 21 December 1938, Page 9

CATHEDRAL AT PARNELL

COMPETITION FOR DESIGN STRUCTURE TO COST £200,M0 (Special to Daily Times) AUCKLAND. Dec. 10. Conditions of the architectural competition for designs for the Cathedral of Holy Trinity, which it is proposed to erect at Parnell, have been completed by the General Trust Board of the Diocese of Auckland. The competition is open to all members of the New Zealand Institute _of Architects, whether they are residing in the Dominion or overseas. The closing date in London is November 15 of next year, and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott has accepted the position of and will adjudicate upon the designs and make the award.

The cathedral scheme is being carried out in furtherance of the. Will ,of Miss Mina Tait Horton, who died on May 3, 1935, and bequeathed the residue of her estate to the building fund of the cathedral. The bequest in itself, while amounting to a very large sum, is mot sufficient for the erection of the first part' of the cathedral, and the authorities are planning to raise an additional large sum. The estimated cost of the completed building is not to exceed £200,000, and the intention is to expend on the first portion a sum riot exceeding £75,000.