Levin Sanatorium Plans To Be Prepared

Chronicle (Levin), 5 August 1949, Page 4

Levin Sanatorium Plans To Be Prepared

Approval has been given by the Minister of Health (Miss Howard) for the preparation of a scheme covering the erection of multiplestorey buildings at Levin to comprise the new tuberculosis sanatorium and nurses' home which the Western Hospital - Districts Sanatorium Committee proposes to built on a site in" Liverpool Street. Information to this effect was released in a statement^made by the chairman (Mr. J. A."'Nash) at a meeting of the sanatorium committee, who added that the architecls had been instrueted to prepare such a scheme. Mr. Nash intimated that a conference of all interested parties would take place in Wellington at an early date to consider the architects' plans for the scheme.

The board . decided to make provision in the sanatorium plans for the erection of a room suitable for use as a. chapel for all denominations. , This . ac,tior!.. , ,f Qllowed a..re-5 quest from the Horo whenua Minis--ters' Association. In view of the unsatisfactory progress on the renovation of the sanatorium buildings at Otaki, the committee decided to confer with the contractor on the matter. The managing-secretary (Mr. A. J. Phillipps) said that it was now 10 months since the arrangements were completed with the contraetors, whost time would expire in two months. At present it would appear that there was little prospect of the work being finished this year. The contractors had experienced the usual delays in obtaining certain classes of materials and their latest advice, said Mr. Phillipps, was that they expected to complete the job in about five to six months.'