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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 4. 1966.

Hostel grows rapidly

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Hostel grows rapidly

Land and buildings worth £29,600 have been bought by Vic "A" in the past year, according to Miss P. Hislop, the warden.

The hostel plans extensions over this land, 282 to 288 The Terrace Money for the purchases has come from the sale of Vic "B", a government subsidy, and mortgages.

The total cost to date has been about £50,000.

The anticipated cost for the first stage of the new biulding is £150,000. which will be met by government subsidy (80 per cent of cost of project, with a maximum of £1444 per student bed), and by an appeal to the public for £70,000 to £80,000.

To qualify for a government subsidy the organisation is required to have some university representation on the controlling body. The Women students' Hostel Society, which controls Vic. "A" is happy to have this and is at present organising it. Mrs. K. Hunter, chairman of the development committee, told Salient.

This committee has worked with the architects. Messrs. Toomath and Wilson on plans for two four-storey wings linked by a one-storey dining room. Most of the rooms will be single study-bedrooms, with a few double rooms.

The ground floor will be mainly public service rooms, such as kitchen, lobby, office, and common rooms. The first stage, which is to be started in May, 1967, will be ready by the beginning of 1969 and will include a new kitchen and dining room and one wing of student rooms.

The front part of Vic. "A" will still be occupied and will contain the common rooms for the whole unit. Parts of two houses on The Terrace frontage will still be used for accommodation.

Total capacity allowed for the site, according to Town Plan regulations, is 115120 students. At present Vic. "A' takes seventy-nine students. At a later stage the second wing will be built right along The Terrace frontage from 282 to 288 The Terrace. This will complete the proposed extensions.