NEW DEPARTMENTAL BUILDINGS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 20, 17 February 1909, Page 4

NEW DEPARTMENTAL BUILDINGS.

From ii cursory glance at tin l plans-iif .In.' new department, i n.iiuiiugs In be erected im the I'owderhuiu-liohe street ;orner. mi the ]iri-»i<nl. site nf Sergeant lladdroH's house, u "News" rcproscntntive ennlil see that the (invcninient is iiliniit In mill vcrv matoriallc In tile I'irrhitocLiirnl wcallii „f New l>lv»i«nt.li. i'n date neither the public nor private business iihiees, taken as a whole, have been extravagantly oriiMiicntaJ. lint the .lew nllices tn lie ereeteil fur Hie (invcrliment mark ;i distinct advance. The "with nnr iii;w post nlliee us far as size 's eiineerueil. anil will lie more attractive ; n a|i|iearaii(-e. The building is nf brick, in two storeys, the fin i'.ijrs being similar in rliarncter'lo llinse ~n the |>n.,i. nlliee. \n tower siirinnniils the cililir... lint :i ilngstalV is vi'iireil above it mi the liohc4reet frontage. The nniin cnlraniT'. which is reached bv a llight nf steps, will he n]i|insifo the fnwer seel ion nf llnhe -Ireel. anil is situated in Hie miihlle ni 'he I'nwilerhain street front. Tn llieleft n.-oii ,-nl i-iin- Hie main Imll on I lie grnir.nl Ihior are the olliees ilevnleil In ;he Department nf Stamps anil Deeds. The llefjislrar's nlliee is on the corner of the Iniilifing.anil i.s reaeheil froni'lhe siile ntiaaee in Kobe street, which also rn.vides the pnl.lie access to the Deeds Search Oliire. Tin- whole of this section •if the building will lie cniistrnrlcl' as lie great strong room. The lavatories re somewhat 'inconvonic-.il ly placed, and. •cenrdiug to the plan, the liogistray caunol reach the public nlliee direct frnin bis own room. Another iniprnveinent would have been the provision of a filial! room for ancient and lit lie-used ohms and documents that must he kept until Mime .day Purliai it orders their dotructinn. The stall' entrance is hv a private d ' from the main hall. To'the other side of the main hall is the suite of nllices tn he allocated tn the Agrii-iil-Miral Department's ollkiis. on cither side .if the pas-nge running east and west. First on the right is a largo spare mom: next the public nlliee nf tile Agricultural Department, a spacious apariincnt 24ft. ilia, bv lift. liin. A iliior communicates with the allicc of the Inspector of Stock, the Inst, of this suite. Of course, this ollirc has a door opening into the corridor, and .close by it another door gives access to tiie Veterinarian's room. 'This officer can reach the yard directly I'rO'ii his room, without going into the corridor, doubtless for his conveliience in reaching the dissecting room, stables, "ic. in a detached building at the rear. N'ext to the Veterinarian's office comes I he «inihiry hlock ami strong room, and lilt' butter grader's ollice brings us buck In the iilain hall. Ascending in Hie lirslj Hour, the landing leads to the messenger's room, liuuuiug to the right and left are corridors. That towards Kobe street leads to the Jioads Departments suite'nf olliees the District Kngineer on the mirth-corner ami tile ur.iughliug room opposile, with clerk's room, spare rniilii. strong room, and sanitary block. On Hie other (wcslern) side of the doors opening to the right from a corridor lead In the ollice of the licgistrnr of Births, elc. and a waiting-room: a suite of two rooms for the lu-peclo,- „f factories at the extremity of the building ; to the ieft. a strong rnnm. sanitary block, ami a spare room. The plans are now ready for inspection by builders at thcXew Plv- ' post office