A NEW HOME FOB. OUE T.EGI3LATOBS. VARIOUS .SUGGESTIONS. EXTRAVAGANT EXPENDITURE DEPRECATED. (Special to Timos.l WE J/LINGTON, Dec. 11. Sir Joseph Ward's suggestion about ■building a new Parliament lionise on the site of Government Buildings, tho demolition of tile present Government Buildings and the building of a new block elsewhere does not find favor here. The “Post” dealing with the matter to-night goes exhaustively iu-o tho whole- question and in the course of a leading article says: “Taking a more .positive ground 'wo may point out that there are larger assets at stake than mere site values. The library of the Parliamentary Buildings still stands and is as good as new. The Government Buildings, old is itlie.v are, should last many years longer if managed with care, and indeed two of the wings arc recent additions. How could purchasers or tenant be found for these buildings if their present occupants were transferred en masse to new quarters. Tho Government Printing Oflice, with its new and roomy buildings and its up-to-date equipment, presents another problem. Of necessity the Printing Office must ho in tlie im-
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2064, 16 December 1907, Page 1
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209Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2064, 16 December 1907, Page 1
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