COVERNMENT HOUSE.
;':' Sir,—l .was shocked'the other day to •see'the', site, off Drjinimond Lano, that has'been allotted for our new Government'; Hoiise.'., .What. Wasthe motive power that, caused .tKs; most shimmy 'portion of: Wellington.to.' he chosen as a site for'our. Governor's, residence and, like .many' other 'Of our! legislators' actions,, will' always rernnan- an unsolved, mystery ? ; This, ne;w : , b«2ding ■ - on the southern side is so absolutely fenced in : with fever wards' and ; innumerable> other benevolent institutibns 'of a • similar na-': ture, that now . at on?y_ -. requires .a morgue, gaol; and ;lunatic,asylum at, the' northern side; to thomoughly encircle it,, and complete .the. iiisiiK to our Governor. Might I snggest.'that the ;build;ing .in question s (before..Lord Islington' or his family hayejcontraibted any of. the diseases that'must'be fldatirig- about-in that locality) should be 'converted into a; "home for inebriates 1"; with a Strongrecommendation to, our sapieilt legisla;tors' that they .must' noitV ; utilise the ground adjoining .the "corporation distructor -works", as. the insxt most suitable site. for. Government'Hoiise.—l'am, etc* % -: v ' ' '';';. /DISGUSTED ; TAXPAYER.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 942, 8 October 1910, Page 10
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168COVERNMENT HOUSE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 942, 8 October 1910, Page 10
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