OTAGO MUSEUM.

Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 34

OTAGO MUSEUM.

HOUSING/ DR HOCKEN'S COLLECTION.

THE NEW WING.

The plans prepared' bj M» J.. 1. Burgf side (architect) for the additions to the Oba,go Museum for the housing of the valu* able collection presented to the community] ' 6y Dr Hocken were finally araroved on? Saturday morning 1 - The ejefcepwon of thor Museum, tfhich fs fo be oafled the; Hocked wing, will be on the norther^ side of ther | present buihfing — that ib, on. the- same sides as th« school. &, glance at tne jjlan showaf that the, new wi»g is to be coiiaed out, iijf .keeping with the appearance of the exists " ' ing .building. The frontage to Kinc streeft t wul be.* l^, with a. height'of 34ft»abovQ the footpath, , and the northern frontage:will W* 80ft, with;.* heighty of 4«t aborer . "present; level. The T building ,wllL comprise a spacious " basement and two storeys, Thg basement- will be used for atorase purpose*' ? for.the Museum, ami the ground- floor will , be fitted up By the "Dttrversifcy Council (which' body controls the MuseuntJ, for the accommodation of exhiKte " for wJlich no room has in- the past Deep available. The 1 'entrance to this floor wffl fte through the main hall of .the Mtteeum, By a lawre'_ areltway, for which, provision was xn4aß in toe, original building. Immedaa.tely. inside this : arch will be a large and" easy concrete I staircase leading to the Gxat flbor, wMca^ : will contain the Hocken oolfeotion. "Facfngp King, street there wiU fee' » room 4Qfb bjj25ft, which wiUjbe fitted *&**&<"****¥* - and the remaining space will Be .^ vo Wd_eo( the pirrposes of a 'gallery for dtoptefcfntr the pictures,' printa, .esc.» eonfeuned m fm | collection, TBe.toJal area, of the fltfor witf . be 48ft 6in Btf 40ft. Aifipie prcension iSj being made for Ufcttfuw? ftotli . -top "tl«s root'and tty means of wutlit(rar*-iit tfie tc§s£ front. Jo. tKe construcCi'Qn ot, taesie toSj?dows, .which wall" be .^n^proysft . i}gißma*Kr. rolled glass -will be made use> ofv \E^g aqf vantage of this glass. is th/* i 6 djsterfrgtegi the light fip&jf I&roqgh",.* building. Th|r< . ceilings of tne iFfeary ana raotufe gaiter^ will be .furnifehed- m : h^fiOsome : 'ftw» plaster work, »nd as neatly as -possible bB§L building will "be firepreof.., TSe - baeeme^ will be carried up in stone, and the twet upper storeys in brick ana osmentj> tKa^ -floors, and also the foundations,, 'beinc -oft reinforced poncrete. t Vh& exteaor will bjet finished in cement, and, dj»b«!eotua>allyi t will be as ornate aa fund^ will permit andf in keepingywiih ffae main buficß&g. " Ifocina: King street the new wioflf will -stand- otttS ' lift in front of the existing Une % whilst i#ejetends back to. the fi^JOßt Uitoifc of thet Museum- build&@|, including the teoiajK| • rooms. The addition, of J^ys wina «># which tenders wijil be callea almost im^ mediately; will greatly enhance {he app*ass [ ance of the 'MujjetxnJ, aa seen from King street.

At' a. meeting of the committee of the Tahuna Park Trotting Club on the 13th it was decided to- purchase an aTea of land adjacent to Tahuna Park for the purpose of constructing a track. ' ' The land - has been under "offer to ' the committee for -Borne little time, "and last night's resolution will result* -in the .completion of the pur.jehase; - - ' - In Burmah, when a man meets a .woman, lie puts his nose and his mouth close to her cheek "and- draws a long breath, as if inhaling a delicious perfume, but he does pot kiss her. A man is greeted in exactly the wme way. - \