PEAL OF BELLS.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 212, 12 February 1875, Page 2

PEAL OF BELLS.

The committee for raising subscriptions for procuring a peal of bells for Christchurch held a meeting last night, at the City Council Chambers.

His Worship the Mayor was in the chair, and stated that he had seen Mr Deßourbel, who had received him very courteously, Mr Deßourbel informed him that though some large subscriptions had been promised, amounting in all to about £IOO, yet that none of these had been collected, and that the only sum he had received was a subscription of £2 from the Bank of New Zealand. Mr Deßourbel was actually out of pocket to the extent of £3 for the necessary expenses of advertising, &c. Mr Deßourbel also said that he was very pleased that the matter had again been agitated, and that he would subscribe £25 to the object in view whenever it was required. Some discussion followed the Mayor’s speech, and finally the following resolution# were agreed to. Ist. That the members of the German Church be asked to give a lease of the ground on which the bell tower stands to the Christchurch City Council for a term of fifty years, at a nominal rent of say ss, per annum.

2nd. That the management of the three bells already Imng in the tower, and the balance of the peal (viz., five more bells to be subscribed for) shall be vested in a committee of eight gentlemen, five to be nominated by the City Council, and three by the trustees of the German Church, the Mayor of Christchurch to be chairman.

3rd. That the five bells now proposed to be subscribed for shall be vested in the Cor-. poration of Christchurch, to remain the pro* perty of the city for ever. A

4th. That the five bells shall, on arrival, be hung in the German bell tower, to be rung with the other three, as the committee of management may provide for. sth. That the peal when complete shall be called the Christchurch Bells. 6th. Should the City Council decide at any future period to remove the peal to another tower the written consent of the trustees of the German Church (for the time being) must be first obtained before removing the three bells belonging to the German congregation, viz, the Kaiser, Kron Prinz, and Bismarck.

7th. That the peal of bells shall be considered to be unconnected with any religious denomination whatsoever, but that the committee of management shall be requested to make arrangements to have them rung at suitable hours for Divine service on Sundays. Bth. That the Christchurch City Council be invited to give their assent to the foregoing suggestions. Before separating, Mr Sawtell was appointed hon. sec. pro tem.