PROGRESS IN HASTINGS.
_ | ACTIVITY IN BUILDING. j l!v Telegraph.—Per l'ress Association, Hastings, February 8. Yesterday was a red-letter day with the Anglicans of Hastings, the occasion being the consecration of the new portion of St. .Matthew's Church bv the Bishop of Waiapu, assisted by Bishop Williams and Archdeacon Ruddock. The architecture of the new building is late Gothic. ft is massively constructed of ferro-concrete. and cost £7OOO. It comprises a chancel, chapel, organ cham-! ber. large vestries and a tower SO feet I high. It is built 011 the old wooden I church, the intention being to demolish' the latter and erect a new nave, aisles and transepts as a peace offering after the present war. The 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 will also be called shortly for the erection of two large theatres and bank premises for the National Bank, and a large block of business premises in Heretaunga street.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 207, 9 February 1915, Page 3
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177PROGRESS IN HASTINGS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 207, 9 February 1915, Page 3
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