A CITY IMPROVEMENT. PROPOSED STOXE KERB ROUND CATHEDRAL GROUND. HOX H. P. WIG RAM'S PROPOSAL Last night the City Council receivec a lector horn Dtvan Cavringtou stating that the Hon H. F. Wigram had offered to cuiTound the Cathedral precincts with o stone kerb in piaeo of the present post and chain I'-enee, an alteration that would greatly improve tin Square. To _carry out the improvement., it would l>e npcossary to deal in some way with the stone tank standing partly on ;ho Carhedvai ground at ihc stand corner. The lank, it was understood, wa •'. ;:of opened lor any partiou•iir purpose, and the Conned was re. questod to remove it altogether, latitat the kerb could no carried eniicrai!y round the laud. The Mayor sc-Jd that the superintendeut of the lire brigade *trom.:ly <">bj.-< r ed to the rckr.ova! of the tank, on the ground that it was uee-»i? >ry to sheen' the ci:y supply at and tanks would then torn? a valuable firefitrhtine: asset. Tie thought that the kerb could he "brought up to each skle tiie motion of Councillor
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10755, 29 April 1913, Page 4
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180Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Star (Christchurch), Issue 10755, 29 April 1913, Page 4
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