STATUARY FOR THE POST OFFICE.
TO COST JE2OOO. A earn of £2000 las been set apart for statuary for the exterior of the new General Post Office. So far it las not teen decided whether, local or foreign sould- , tors shall be entrusted with the work of j shaping these figures, which are to • be placed ■ over the ■ main entrance to the building in Featherston Street. There is, however, a feeling in certain quarters ,that before an order is placed it might bs worth while making inquiries as to whether statuary is appropriate as an exterior embellishment to a post office. One local architect fails to see why statuary ia called for in ihe architectural scheme of the General Post Office, which is to be* massively ornamented in solid granite. He suggests that if statues are to bo bought, they should be placed in the Government House grounds, where, in tha general fitness of things, they seem to be) required.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 945, 12 October 1910, Page 4
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160STATUARY FOR THE POST OFFICE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 945, 12 October 1910, Page 4
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