. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. SIR EDMUND , 1885-1900. ALEXANDER OLIVER. Trustee, 1885-1904. No useful purpose can now be served by dwelling on the pertinacitywith which the Trustees and the public dilated upon the danger of causes to which the incertitude of ministerial succession, and thefluctuations of public finance, largely contributed, seven years were allowed to 54 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF elapse before steps were taken which ultimately led to final action. In May,1905, the Premier, the Hon. J. H. Carruthers, j\, took the matter
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. SIR EDMUND , 1885-1900. ALEXANDER OLIVER. Trustee, 1885-1904. No useful purpose can now be served by dwelling on the pertinacitywith which the Trustees and the public dilated upon the danger of causes to which the incertitude of ministerial succession, and thefluctuations of public finance, largely contributed, seven years were allowed to 54 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF elapse before steps were taken which ultimately led to final action. In May,1905, the Premier, the Hon. J. H. Carruthers, j\, took the matter in hand with a quick and business-like enthu-siasm which relieved the Trustees of anvfurther anxietv. On 5th June followinghe interviewed Mr. Mitchell. Imme-diatelv, he decided upon a site ; planswere prepared ; and all preliminariesconcluded. On 31st October, 1905, thePublic Works Committee reported infa\our of the erection of— a complete building, with stone elevations,on the site in the Domain facing ^lacquarie-street, and adjoining Parliament H
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