GENERAL TELEGRAMS
! DRY EOT. By Telegraph—Press Association. ' Invercargill. Last Night. For some time past a musty anil unpleasant odour on the second floor of the new Government buildings has been the subject of comment by the officials located in that portion of the premises. An official, while traversing the passage, unexpectedly put his foot through the floor and after an examination had been made it was found that a very severe attack of dry rot had set in. The floors of the various rooms were then tested, and trie source of complaint was discovered in almost every room. Signs of dry rot were in evidence and the linoleums have since been lifted and carpenters employed to raise the parts thus affected. Tn one room practically the whole of the floor, composed of one and a half inch red pine, will require relaying, while the joints in places also show signs of decay. Lack of ventilation appears to be the cause of the trouble.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 201, 14 January 1913, Page 8
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163GENERAL TELEGRAMS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 201, 14 January 1913, Page 8
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