£150,000 Block
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Fine New Buildings For Suva
From Our Own Correspondent
Suva, May 14.
A START has been made with the foundations of the new Government buildings in Suva, which are estimated to cost some £150,000. The new buildings will be an impressive pile, when com pleted in two to three years’ time, with a main frontage of 536 ft. on to Albert Park, at the corner of Victoria Parade, near the Grand Pacific Hotel. A clock tower, 115 ft. in height, will surmount the buildings.
Fiji marble, a deposit of which was recently discovered at Tailevu, is among the material being used in the manufac ture of the stone blocks.
There will be a Legislative Council chamber, which will do away with the inconvenience of using the Supreme Court. The law courts and legal offices will be situated in that side of the build ings facing Victoria Parade.
The foundation stone was laid on Coronation day, May 12, by the Governor.
The present Government buildings are most dilapidated and out of date, some of them having been brought to Suva from Levuka many years ago when the seat of Government was transferred.
The new block takes the place of the Naiqaqi area, which used to be a collec tion of hovels and shacks—a most un savoury locality to be almost opposite the Grand Pacific Hotel.