A BIG SCHEME.
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) Received 8.55 >p.m., March 3. LONDON, Marcli 3. The Improvements Committee recommend the City Council to grant Earl Grey : for £3000- per annum-, an optionfor two years of " taking the"Strand" crescent site, 124,000 square feet, at an annual rental of £50,000. Sir Edward Orey's idea is to induce the. various Dominions to concentrate their offices. Another feature of the. scheme is to provide accommodation for the commercial and social needs of the Dominions,^ including a permanent up-to-date exhibition of manufactured articles used in the Dominions, with facilities for Home manufacturers getting in touch with the Dominions' customers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12857, 4 March 1913, Page 5
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