WHERE WILL HE LIVE?

Chronicle (Levin), 3 December 1949, Page 5

WHERE WILL HE LIVE?

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WELLINGTON , Dec. 2, Fiye, mip.jLstesial residen,®.es' «li|, be oflering to the new Prime Minister (My Hollapd), when. he shifts. his household to Wellington in the.. nqar futur:e. Mt Hqllaadvis. e^pjeqtqd' to qe accompaniqd biy Ms wife and- tyro daughters. The Qb'Vioiia qhqice would be the offiqial ' ^risBie. Mhijste® 's resiid.ence. in tht rambling woodem Iionse perehed -on the Wellington hilltops in. Northland... This. was purchased' origiiially by t-he Labqu;. ! Government in. the timo of the late M f ,M. J„ Savage: -from the . estate- of thVlate Mr E.^MautbU' Though- old • the : house is* weli kept and exquisitely furn • ished, including. a magnificent hand, iWoven Chi-nese earpet whieh covers the ilarge. loungev • Stuek on one of the highest hilltop". ;in Wellington the house commands a -magnificent view o-f the harbour and Cook Strait on the one hand and th» 'hills, and western suburbs of Welling ton *on the other. Althqugh too large Por a snjall family- the housq is ideal fq, entertaining exeept for the tortuous : roadt by* which' it ia approached, Mr- Fraser now li-ves there with his stepson, and- .stepdaqghter-in-law, Mt and Mrs Harold Kemp. When. he vac ates ,the. house next week Mr Fraser, will either live in a modesfc bungalow at Te Aro which he- o.wns and is in his qwn eleetorat-e of Brooklyn, or he willaccompany Mr andi Mrs Kemp to their house in Khandallah. - Mr Fraser 's house- at Te Aro has been tenanted since h-e moved to the officiai residence at Northland-, Former- tenant-s ineluded the foymer Minister of Agri culture (Mr B. Roberts) and the for mer member for Gisborne (Mr D. W Goleman). The newest ministerial residence is one built a few years ago in thc grounds of a Tinakori Road property whieh. in, years gone by was the officiai residence. of New Zealand 's. Prime Min, isters. The residence, which is -a two storey plaeq with rather small roonis, is oceupied by the- Minister of Rehabitita,tion (Mr Skinner). The old. ministerial, home, on. the property is now used. as a dental clinie. Furfher down Tinakori Road. is. an other ministerial residence whieh is shared by g- number of Ministers, andwhich was used at one time bv the latc Rt. Hon. J. G.. Coa.tes. The Minister of Defence- (Mr Jones) oecupies the bot tom flat in this house and the top fbd is sh ared by the Minister of Industr-ies-and Commerce (Mr Nordmever), the Minister of Labour (Mr McLagan ) and the Postmaster-General (Mr Haclcett). Another ministerial residence, whiro is in Roseneath, is oceupied by tffi member of the Executive Coimcil representing feh,e Maori race (Mr Tinka tene>. Another old house is that in riot>son Street oceupied by the, AttorneyGeneral (Mr Mason). A two-storec place with. large rooms, it has been nenovated from time to time