RADIO CENTRE
Building to Proceed Plan for Conservatorium of Music By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON. June 15. The intention of the Government to proceed as soon as possible with the construction of a broadcasting centre on the site behind Parliament Buildings was announced bj the acting Minister in charge oi Eroadcasting, r.ne Hon. F. Jones, this evening. Provision will be made in the rew building for the gradual development of a Conservatorium of Music and for the future installation of a short wave station and television. Mr Jones said the broadcasting centre was to be a building o f several storeys. Museum Street was to be closed and the new building, .vh’ch would face Bowen Street, would occupy the site at the rear of Parliament Buildings now partly occupied by the old wooden building formerly used as the Dominion Museum. General plans of the broadcasting centre had been approved by the Cabinet, and uie architects were now preparing the final plans and working drawings. ‘The broadcasting centre.” said Mr Jones, “will become the headquarteis of the broadcasting service and also provide such studios and office space as are necessary for the Wellington national stations. The building has been designed with an eye to the gradual development of a Conservatorium of Music which s so badlj needed in New Zealand to serve the interests of broadcasting and to co-ordinate the musical activities cf the Dominion. It is not anticipated that any ambitious Conservatorium scheme will be launched but that it will be allowed to grow as the needs of the Dominion demand with the collaboration it is hoped of the Education Department, University and cultural organisations.” Mr Jones said it was expected that tenders would be called for the new building in bout three months’ time. The design and construction of such a building was oi a highly specialised nature owing to unusual demands for acoustic properties .s well as the saleguarding of vhe building against eartn-
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21064, 16 June 1938, Page 6
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