THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SALE OF' THE OLD READING .ROOM. Another old land-mark is to be removed from Christchurch before the end of the month. This time it is the building that has done duty for forty years as the Public Library, reading rooms, and formerly meeting-room of the Philosophical Institute. 'These, together with the corridor, lavatories, etc.j were sold by auction today by 'Mr Charies Clark, and realised as under:— Main building, (exclusive of chimneys), £31; building facing Cambridge '■ Terrace, £36 ; corridors and lavatory, £9 I 10s; piles, stone steps, grating, etc., £10; fence fronting on Hereford Street, £2 los. Total, £89 6s. The swing doors and some of the sashes had been removed previously, ' and' will be utilised in the new structure. To allow the contractor his full space, a new gateway has been made opposite the Reference Library windows, and a door has been opened into this room facing Cambridge Terrace, between which and the new gateway a footpath is being made and gravelled with screenings, and a light provided to guide the subscribers aright on dark nights.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7128, 18 June 1901, Page 3
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180THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7128, 18 June 1901, Page 3
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