The Times. Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. Motto: Public service. TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1920. WOODEN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 552, 27 July 1920, Page 2

The Times. Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. Motto: Public service. TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1920. WOODEN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

The indignation expressed by local people oT all classes at the decision ol' the Government to build a Courthouse «f wood at Pukekohe is easily understandable. It is amazing that any body of responsible men could come to the decision to erect a public Iniildiim in wood in a locality which is bound to become heavily built upon in the near future. As a -natter of fact the site of the new Courthouse is just outside the brick area, but with the rapid growth the town will make when materials become available, the brick area will have to be extended. A brick building, besides being practically fire-proof and of indefinite length of life, would be much more in keeping with the status of the town, while a wooden structure would be a standing reproach lo the community which was weakenough to tolerate it's erection. Some people are of the opinion that there has been some friction between various Government departments over the Courthouse, -and that the decision to use wood was the outcome. However that may be, the people of Pukekohe are surely not going to permit the erection of a public building which will be a reproach from the start, if they can prevent it. In ten years' time the glaring stupidity of the present policy would be so painfully apparent that there would be fresh clamour for a new-building. Pukekohe has been consistently sidetracked on the Courthouse-question, and it was only after indignant protests that a stop was put to the work of patching up the old, decrepit building. Now the town has been ' offered a fresh affront, which, in common decency, must be strongly and obviously resented. ■