Trees go; end to Church debate
After a debate lasting four years, three trees on a section at the corner of Oxford Terrace and Antigua Street have been removed to make way for the construction of a Presbyterian church hall and counselling centre.
Mr G. M. Miller, a session clerk, said that the removal of the trees—oak, redwood and deodar—was the best that.could be done to keep up the appearance of the site and as many trees as possible had been preserved.
“The oak tree, which was damaged in the Wahine storm, was estimated to be about 70 years old and the redwood was a little older,” said Mr Miller.
Construction of the St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church hall and the Presbyterian Social Services Association’s new counselling centre will! begin during the week. The two-storev building will be built 60ft from the church, to provide a total of 5000 sq. ft. of space. A
church hail and social facilities will occupy the ground floor and Sunday-school, Bible-class rooms and the Campbell Counselling Centre on the first floor.
The building is expected to be completed by the middle of next year.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32819, 20 January 1972, Page 10
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