NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE.
i * ERECTION TO BE RESUMED. By Telegraph.—Pres3 Association. Wellington, Last Night. There is now prospect that the work of erection at the new Parliament Buildings will be resumed at an early date. For some time the work has been hung up owing to difficulty of securing suitable large- blocks of marble from the quarries in the Motneka district. It is now announced that a supply of marlib.l to meet requirements has been located three miles from the old quarries, but about four miles of tramlines will have to be built over somewhat difficult country. It is stated also that the (Government is affording assistance to push on with the tramline, so that tile new source of supply may be available to draw upon in a few months' time.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 270, 24 April 1915, Page 5
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131NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 270, 24 April 1915, Page 5
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