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Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13168, 26 July 1911, Page 6 (Supplement)

Considerable alterations and improvements have been made by Mr. G. -M. Rant, land and finance agent, to tlie premises in Central Trafa g:ir street, formerly owned by Mr. I. Johns. The interior Jias been converted into offices, and a handsome front lins been erected, the architect being A!r. A. ]{. Griffin and the contractors Messrs. Chamberlain and Stannard. Folding doors at tlie front entrance to thn building open into a commodious public olfico, in which is a circular counter, ivith handsome cedar top, and glass screens, sot in picked heart of rimu, to endure privacy. At the rear of th<> public office is a'small office- for the shorthand writer and typist, mid adjoining it is Mr. G.M. tout's piivato room. Next to this is a strong room, the walls of which are two fWt in thickness and which is fitted with. one of Mr. James Kcr'shnw's fire-proof doors. At the back of the building is a board room, 16ft by 20ft, in which th? directors of the- Permanent Building Society wil] meet.- The offices aro comfortably furnished and fitted with every modern convenience, gas fires being installed in the different rooms and special attention has been paid to the lighting, which in the day time is borrowed from skylights in the roof. These buildings are the headquarters of the Permanent Building Society of Nelson, and thc> Sun Fire Office, and in addition Mr. Rout has a number of other agencies. v A very pleasing ceremony was performed at the Stoke School"on Friday (writes our Stoke correspondent) when Miss Alice Jeffries, who for some eon- . siderable time past has occupied tho • position of second assistant, severed/ her connection therewith. Mr. A. V..' Allport, in a few appropriate remarks,spoke of the excellent work done byMiss Jeffries during her term of office, and the extreme regret of the Committee, parents and children, at her departure. On bchr.JF of tW te-chers and KO-hool^ehildroii, he presonted Miss Jeffries with a handsome silver trinket box and wished her every success and happiness in her future career. Before the proceedings terminated, the head master (Mr. ]). H. Wilmot) testified to the abilities of Miss Jeffries, of the willing assistance sho had always accorded him. and his great regret at losing so able an as- " sistant. ■ He then called for thrco cheers for Miss Jeffries, which wero. lustily given. ~