Town Improvements.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 176, 16 July 1901, Page 3

Town Improvements.

KNOX CHURCH* Knox Church is now out of the hands of the painter, whero it has been for several weeks past u.iiergoiug muchneeded renovation inside and out.. It was on Sunday larst by special b< V es to the ; lug*. iu«hs« vrm Miss p< ssittt»g at the orprin. :';■;.■;-.'/■'' ■ ■ ' ' ."." The Jfellowin? description of the imppbvoments made will be of our i eiders : The paiiited*^^\"^o^'^^s!lji r » * ne ridging; etian are

also effect iß. : 'ip^^^P^^^.#^^r tng hoards the 7 4n at foiifitUoh' C-p^^^^i^^ travel church was bnilt: ■jitstrafcoot; :..;&; t>nblic - the #ith exfinct, d&dp W lower p*# w this thtf Ira% faitiNbMfre #4 produced # t»9% alkastfety boards cnfc from tfs:toa&tattdsap of the tr>»r v #o sisJi*yittg ,be& need undeHhe wbeiHhe church W »«nlt the contest between t|« light colour of4he uap and t&e dark .colours of the beau bowl* wad,always very marked. "When the pfosejifc renovation was decided «tf, proposed to paint the" infensio* of the churcn, andfto blot Ott* the native colonr ef?tbe «ood> bnt better varpisk has again been used oifrtiia wajws* i and the result musfctos gr«%lHjgr to all The same-style-of. graining has h£?" emjtfoyed on the inside as oalhe outside of the doors, viz., alternate' boards of oak and dark walau* with

walnut architraves. ■ jfef Some Blight alterations have' been effected ih the interior arrangements. The seatd -fcave been stained and tarnished and look very well, and the churob is now more than *ever an ornament to the town. The doors have been re*huhg*BO aa to open outwards, so that in the remote chance of panic from finalarm or other cause there can be no block in the doorways, The rails which fenced in.the side of the platform have been removed, practically effecting an enlargement by. taking in » seat on each side. The old-fashioned lustres, carrying a dozen or so of*mall lamps, have been replaced by five bandsome Bodhester lamps; meeting a great improvement ia- the lighting of ,the building. The manner in which the, work haf been carried out reflects greal credit on the contractor, Mi Kennedy of Qanurai -