NEW ANGLICAN CHURCH
CONSECRATION SERVICE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Hastings, February 8. Yesterday was a red-letter day with Anglicans in Hastings, the occasion being the consecration, of the new portion of St. Matthew's Church by the' Bishop cf Waiapu, assisted by' Bishop Williams and Archdeacon Ruddock. The architecture of the new building is late Gothic. _lt has been massively constructed in ferro-concrete, at a cost of £7000, and comprises a chancel, morning chapel, organ chamber, large vestries, and a tower 80ft. in height. It is built on the site of the old wooden church, the intention being to demolish the latter and ercct a new nave, aisles, and transepts as a peaco offering at the end of the present war. Tho new building is a welcome addition to the architecture of the town, which has been improved lately by the completion of a handsome new banking house for the Union Bank. Tenders are also to be called shortly for the erection of two large theatres, bank premises for the National Bank, and a largo block of business premises in Heretaunga Street.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2380, 9 February 1915, Page 3
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180NEW ANGLICAN CHURCH Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2380, 9 February 1915, Page 3
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