UNION BANK BUILDINGS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14052, 24 July 1916, Page 10

UNION BANK BUILDINGS.

EXTENSIVE ALTERA'nONS. - 'Tenders ar,e invited for extensive alterations to, .tlie . Union. Bank Buildings iii Gladstone Road, and the work involved j pra*. tically amounts to a recoilstruetioii oi tiie present premises. The alterations will not only improve the : apj^jgarance of the building, but will tying t the bunk chambers up to date m fcvffry .respect. The alley-way leading to aiid the offices over the Bank ', Chamßel's is" !to {be,", closed m, whilst tha passage-way leading. ,lo< the Dermal Institute and other' ftfhpes.is to be thrown ..iiito Mr. Mc*£^gpii*s shop, which will b« .consideralily vjßnlalvg^d. .j^liis shop,, ( . and also "Mr. 0-]\leai'a v s shqp^.-wjill be 'provided . with up-to-date^ iroAte,-^hilst '„a ; new verandah will extend ,'ioyeir the tendance to be made m the present alleyway.. " This .will ..ppen into a vestibule, • , where : there .will , be a 'side entrance into-the bank, and, from v whsre a staircase will lead to' , the upstairs portion of the building, the offices- beijig reached, by the one staircase,**, instead of by two as at piiesent. The space over the Bank Chambers will undergo some changes. The High School Board's office and Rabbit Board's offices will remain as at present, but the nej£fc two "offices" will beY occupied by Mr. JHill. Th£ present baftirbbm is to bo converted into a light area to provide additional light" for- the bank offices below, whilst the bank officials' quarters will be situated along the back. On. the other side- -of the landing/over McLernou's and". O'Meara's shops, the offices will nenJ?J?}. y*j* afc present, with the addition of , a -small room. ''. j , Ai' stated tlie . bant chambers will ,Ue- reconstructed. The pres^ht manager's ffoW will be thrown iiito thY public office, whilst the chambers will 'b© exikvifi^dbojiie back of the; building, takinjfjprii the,offices now occupied by Mr. -$j*% Tl 4» w>?f lU , opnsiidesrably increase v *«h%.»^P*oe ; for- the P^nk requirements, .."'fffiSKJ l^" Bhift ! n « » 's*> fitrong-ropm from ( i.U present position, to the back portion "^d^S .cfc&ntfbe'rs, ample space will be pßowiJed for i I's or>l6 olerks, together v^^'^diUonal offices. -The manager's room- will be sfyvated, m. the, .back por- . jtioii*" 6f; th» premises, and will , be approached'by .a corridor down, the east- .. $V/i, side- Entirely hew fittings. ars to pc installed iii the bank chambers, witli all- the latest improved facilities for .coping with the. business* of the bank: \*T* , 6'Ol€va.fipn...pi the : bank premises will n si '** materially altered, excepting that tho two windows will bo enlarged. Messrs. Penty and Long, of ''Welling; ton, are the architects for these improve, ments, . .- - c