AUCKLAND'S TOWN HALL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 954, 22 October 1910, Page 9

AUCKLAND'S TOWN HALL.

A .;';; '-' ■■ :-■■:■■'.• '~^yrl-/- : % :■■;;: The. erection .of the Towii: Hall: ..at. Auckland. js proceeding apace,; and tho. structure -is now.affording outward and visible evidence of its fine architectural, features. ■ The tower, •'■• on /which:'., the; contractors v. (Messrs. :■ Ferguson;... "and Malcolm) have been engaged for some little time, is assuming tangible form, and daily increasing in height. .'■; '■..-' . ;■'; The ..present .height of the tower is 88; feet above; the Grey: Street level;; The": stonework will be: carried up for' a further -12' feet; making.a total height' of 130 feet ,.m the; stonework. ■' -•' Above,' this .will. : be' the: copper-shingled dome, 10 feet in height, and this; will .bo.'surmou'nted'.by, a;'-flagpole. .:-.The' total height-to .the-'top of,.the, fligpole: will be 152. feet from' the' Grey-Street level, and Hi. feet; front : tho' Queen ; Street level. The foot of the clock face, which will have a diameter "of 9 feet,' will be reached.in another, 11 feet. The stonework of the--tower will bo rectangular in form to a point beyond; tho. top of the clock face, where it will develop into an octagon.. It is 18.feet squaro at .the base, and will gradually batter to about 17 feet square at the. -com-, mencement .of tlje octagon. The,.walls, of the main- building' have-been "com-: pleted, and • the inarsine , balustrade, with which they are surmounted, gives the. building, a handsome : appearanco even in its present stage. T.