Councillor Baume : I protest against the purchase of the Philson land. The city does not require it, and, if it is wanted for a town hall Bite, we already own a much better one at the foot of Grey-ctreet.
Sir George Grey, years ago, urged that Nature intended the Grey-street land for a town hall site. ' This is the spot where all out-door [assemblages of citizens shonld take place.'
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Observer, Volume XXI, Issue 1178, 27 July 1901, Page 19
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69Councillor Baume : I protest against the purchase of the Philson land. The city does not require it, and, if it is wanted for a town hall Bite, we already own a much better one at the foot of Grey-ctreet. Sir George Grey, years ago, urged that Nature intended the Grey-street land for a town hall site. ' This is the spot where all out-door [assemblages of citizens shonld take place.' Observer, Volume XXI, Issue 1178, 27 July 1901, Page 19
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