Area in Bund Gardens Facing Soochow Creek Proposes Minimum of Cost (Contributed)
'Now that all the furry connected wilh fe inlroversy eye the ested "purchase of the. Majest oral ate or' civie centre hes Beem dissipated, it" is" possible to
Purpose of meetin who be cana wat am be, de foe the Rrangly contend that. the" International, Settlement "should. again tee with a Town all There seems very ttle dierence opinion as to the desirability reeling: such 'a building, and" the finn "objection. to the' Majestic
the score of cost and inconvenience ate proposal was rather on the locality' than on any doubt for whether the old. Town Hall Should be replaced oF
Tt has been contended with considerable truth that there is suf tient space available in the. site Ske preseat aula buldney the Brection of a town alls That will become even, more true when the land used bythe Central Police Station and the Fire Brigade. becomes available. Nevertheless there fare objections to its being used for such a purpose as the erection of Town Hall, for while the municipal offices are sufficiently con- be Venlenily situated for' business purposes, it is doubtful whether it Could be contended that s town hall Situated therein would. be quite convenient in view' of the different objects served." Being somewhat off the'main lines of trate it is not 30 ellly accessible from all. portions thes "Settlement as would be desirable when the hall was being put fo social uses, while the narrow git fail to. give king" space for ming me never carried to fruition the writer has been unable to discover, but it is clear that the use of a portion of the Public Gardens in some such manner as is now being suggested is by no means new.
Some doubt has been expressed as to whether, under the urrangements by which the land when ori-mally reclaimed became a. place possible to divert a portion of it for public recreation, it would be for a town hall. examination of the documents available seem to support the view that a portion of land could be 50 or that there were any objections they would not be of an insuperable nature,
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