THE PARLIAMENTARY BUILDINGS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 968, 13 June 1883, Page 4

THE PARLIAMENTARY BUILDINGS.

Thejreconstructing of part of the Parliamentary Buildings, says Monday’s New Zealand Times, is so near completion that a final clearing up is expected to be made to-morrow. The builders have completed their contract, and workmen are now laying down carpets, finishing the doing those little remain *f*»r seHeasa*’ >> hah foroSsijp, '■ two hc^ftTßflSeing pendants, en suite with the other new rooms, and the floor is covered with a dull brown linoleum, to deaden the of. tramping feet as members ‘perambulate arm-in-arm exchanging confidences anent profound problems in politics. It is in this long corridor that constituents from the country may kick their heels, or warnj y fbeir>toes, while waiting for their t members to“answer the card.” The roost striking feature of this long and lofty corridor is its roomy emptiness. Furniture there is none, though,a few chairs and stuffed, settees will soorf ; 'adpome ■ a ; “-feltwant.” In a room designed chiefly as a covered area for gossip and ambulation, there is propriety in having the fewest possible seats; for if such a place were made too cosy with easy chairs, it would be apt to become a re'“sort for many idlers, or persevering - pushing- politicians with an axe to grind, who would lounge away the hours in easy seats, waiting to button hole this member or that, and not going home till the House “ rose.” The large new dining-room appropriated to Bellemy’s is a handsome hall, well proportioned, fairly spacious and having an aspect of substantial hotel-like comfort It is lighted on two sides with windows, and gas pendants are fixed till the electric light supersedes the Other system. The tea-room is 6l smaller size, though in style, The two whips’ roomf’facfe ekfch other and are furnished with couches, chairs, table, and fireplace!ibibstyle*df ibodfe rate luxury. It is in accord with the fitness of things that these 1 robfris are carrated in f wlKit pray jbe called opposi tfbtt patterns, one pattern being “or the square” —though we decline to sa] which party tjjk.typifl'es—and the pattern being less angular and rathei indefinite as to color. The new Com mittee rooms upstair peted and furnished‘Suitably' for busi ness use. The new portion of th< building will be in presentable condi tion and ready for use in ample time before the opening ceremoqy qn Thurs day.