NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 890, 9 August 1910, Page 4

NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS.

... ; PREMIER ,ON THE SCHEME. ' - In the courso- of his. speech in laying the. foundation-stone> of : the .new Post Office yesterday afternoon, tho Prime Minister referred to another great undertaking which, ho said, the Government had in hand at this moment. This included the alterations to be made in regard to the boundaries of Parliamentary grounds. When"-- the alterations and widening of streets wore completed, and the whole of the Parliamentary Buildings thrown inio one block, there would be available for future building operations more land suitable for that purpose than .had ever been available for the Government, with the authority of Parliament, to: make use of. When the Government's proposals were carried out, with regard to the Parliamentary Buildings, street alterations, and the acquisition of Quintan's corner, the scheme, .including the cost of the new Governor's house, would prove to be very much more' economical than any other scheme which could have been devised. (A voice: You tell it well.) An area would be provided also for future building operations, which before many years would be required for the use of the "people at that , end,of the city, where the Executive must for all time, he supposed, be located. In concluding his speech, , Sii; Joseph Ward congratulated the Mayor on the fact of-his term of office. synchronising w.ith the important event of-the erection of. the. new Post. Office, and said he. Hoped that" Mr. Wilford would 'also take part, , during' his term of office, in laying -the founda-tion-stone of v the new Parliamentary Buildings.;.. '■■ ■ . ■'.'...