"Stop-work" Notices On Tawa Flat Houses

Chronicle (Levin), 9 July 1948, Page 5

"Stop-work" Notices On Tawa Flat Houses

WELLINGTON, July 8. A Ptnnplain! oi' " uiint**css;irv interIVi ciicc ' ' 1 1 \ u ri'pivsiMital ivc oi' ihe Di 1 i 'k-1 Biiiiiling \mt roller 's otlice at Taua Mai wai- made yiV.t'nlay by a man u lio is lia\ittg a lionse lniilt there. He r-aiii llial some 25 liouses wero in the I'nursc oi' const rnet ioJi at Tawa I'lat and lii.d renelied the stage of ha\ing had tlie gai- ■. anised iron guttering aiid downpipes in position. To ihe surjjrise oi the liuilde.rs they had jioen onlered to dismantle these liitiiigs. A(-oi(iing to previous announcencnts he had nnderstood that in areas v. ti'iv jieopie were d«;j»endent upon roof tank> I'or their waler supply, galvan--i .i iron eordd l,e lised i'or guttering :.:a! ilownpipos. Ilonses were badlv : . . ded and it ap]>e:i ied ridiculous tliat Idor- who already had the neeessarv i -hould We prohihited from putting ;! in good use. When the eomplaint was rel'erred to 1 li e Distr'n-t Buililing Controller, he siated tliat it was tlie dutv of his invoniguting otTieers to inspert all works while in tlie eour.se of constriiet ion to i-c tliat ihe materials used and tiie work i-arried out uas in aeeordanee with Ihe buiiding cont rol polirv and the Buililiiig Ei ieiyein-v Ilogulal ions. Whare cetlain r'eale.»es or materials did nnt eomjdy with ihe lenns oi' the fierniiis i.-sned, the i'liililiiig ( 'ojit roller had jiouer to plaee a "slop-work" notiei- in! the proieit itnd/or onler the lemovnl or denndition oi those fetitnres (ir mat erials. In tlie instanees mentioned there were l.i'eaelies of the regulat ions tuni Ihe imnal proeedure u ado]ited. ' ' Hai\ anised iron -qinutiiig and ilown-

pipos may not he used 011 new dwellings, " he added, "and this prohihit ion has bopii 111 foree for seven years tuni is uithout doulit well known to hnilders and phinihers. "