. Municipal and official handbook of the City of Auckland, New Zealand. COUNCFlashlight Photograph, tak. CHAMBER. while Council was in session. AICKLAM) MIWKIJAL II AX DUOOK. At the oi)enijig ceremony the Mayor loriiuillyacknowledged two splendid gifts which had been madeto the citizens and erected in the Town Hall. The firstwas the pipe organ, the gift of Mw Henry Brett, aformer Mayor of the City : the other was the clock,presented by Mr. A. ^I. Myers, who had just retiredfiom the Mayoralty. The architectural style of the building is a freetreatment of the Classic, and the material used for t
. Municipal and official handbook of the City of Auckland, New Zealand. COUNCFlashlight Photograph, tak. CHAMBER. while Council was in session. AICKLAM) MIWKIJAL II AX DUOOK. At the oi)enijig ceremony the Mayor loriiuillyacknowledged two splendid gifts which had been madeto the citizens and erected in the Town Hall. The firstwas the pipe organ, the gift of Mw Henry Brett, aformer Mayor of the City : the other was the clock,presented by Mr. A. ^I. Myers, who had just retiredfiom the Mayoralty. The architectural style of the building is a freetreatment of the Classic, and the material used for thefacades is Oamaru limestone with a base in Melbournebluestone. For the main Queen and Grey Street frontsa columnar method of design has been adopted, termin-ating at the apex formed by the junction of the tw(;streets in a segmental colonnade, surmounted by a tower18 feet square and 130 feet high, in which is fixed theclock with four dials of S\ feet diameter, i)resentedby Mr. A. M. Myers. In front of this colonnade is aterrace enclosed by a stone balustrade, with provisionfor a statue at the extre
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