DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 45, 8 November 1900, Page 17

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

So far Nays the Jirure Herald^ no tender haa been accepted for the erection of the new Dominican Convent m Milton. {Several T*T h » vp * een »» nt in < bu * »n each case they have been somewhat higher than was anticipated. The building will be of brick and the material will be supplied by Mr. George Jones. At present there are some 22,000 bricks on the ground, as well as sand, stone* etc., for the commencement of the work. We understand that it is intended very shortly to proceed with the erection of a convent for the Sisters of Mercy at South Dnnedin near St. Patrick : h Basilica, and tenders for the work will be called immediately. The building will be of brick on a concrete base and will be two storeys in height. The ground floor will consist of a vestibule 10ft by lbft with an entrance porch, two reception rooms I , y l ft each) a hbrarv of th e same dimensions, a chapel 45ft by 20ft with a Bacnsty 10ft by 16ft, a community room 30ft by 16ft, a novitiate 21ft by 16ft, store rooms, etc., and a corridor 75ft by 6ft. There will be a similar corridor on the upper storey, in addition to which there will be 17 cells, 12ft by 16ft, an infirmary, two bathrooms, etc. The new building which will be 100 ft by 60ft, will be erected to the right of the present convent, and will face Macandrew road, lhe plans allow for additions being made later on