HAWERA.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 May 1919, Page 3

HAWERA.

THE WINTER, SHOW. .(From Our Resident May 2G. Mr. Hooker, as secretary for the Hawera Winter iShow, stated to-day that more applications had ;been received from intending exhibitors for space than ever before, ,aiid farmers can be assured of the finest and most comprehensive exhibition of farm implements and milking machines they have yet seen. Motor ear firms will be well represented at the show, and for their exhibits alone 12,000 square feet of space has already been taken up. Thore are indications that the sections for school children will be a great success. iSchcol teachers and scholars are taking a keen interest in the competitions, and the spirit of friendly rivalry will, no doubt, result not only in many entries but a high class, ■of work. MBW CHEESE iSTOKE,

The West Coast Refrigerating Company's new cheese store atflawera, which Las been in the course of erection for about six months, is nearing completion and should be ready fer use in about three weeks or a month's time. It has a span of 78 feet clear, and the building is '2BO feet deep by 80 feet over all. Its capacity will he 50,000 crates of cheese. The building is divided into three compartments of 80ft. by 80ft. each, and aa engine room 80 feet by 40 feet. In forming the floor concrete to a depth of three inches was first laid. On top of this was placed malthoid with sealed joints. Then came a 0-inch layer of pumice, on top of which a further layer of sealed malthoid was placed, and finally a »-inch layer of reinforced concrete. The outer walls of the building arc reinforced concrete, with a sealed malthoid coating, eight inches of pumice, and an inner skin of malthoid, the whole being lined with Konko hoards. By an excellent system of "ports" and fans the hot air is sucked out of the building and the cold air admitted. The doors are of peculiar and special design, and the mechanism by which they are opened and closed makes them absolutely air-proof. The fastener has not been used before on any building in the Dominion. The company intends to enter into the fresh food and ice business. At the back there is a large ice tank for making ice, and close by is an insulated chamber of ample dimensions for storing ice. It is in giving access to this chamber that the special door already referred to is so valuable. A TO-h.p. producer gas engine is installed, and also a 30-ton ice-making compressor. For driving the air through the coils a Blackman exhaust fan, 72 inches in diameter, is used. A Cambridge producer provides the gas. A largo cool store, capable of holding 200 tons, has been erected, and in a cellar whore it can be flushed with water so as. to prevent deterioration, the reserve stock of GO tons will be stored. Owing to the limited supply of water a system has been adopted by which the water from the condensing coils outside will be used many times. The water is lifted from a concrete well in which it is stored, to a spray converting tower above the coils. This tower is so constructed that as the water is discharged from the pumps it is distributed in spray and cooled bythe air ■before again flowing over the coils.. At present the company is*us'mg part of the Winter Show buildings for storage purposes. In the Kitchener Hall 30,000 crates, and in the Lloyd Oorge Hall 15,000 crates, are stored. A portion of these will be Temovcd as soon as one of the rooms in the now building is available. The company has granted the Winter Show Committee the use of two of the rooms in the new building for the Winter Show. The architects for the building are Messrs Mill and Gibson, of •Hawera, and the plant ami machinery were- designed by Mr. F. W.Granger, the company's secretary and engineer.

GESTEBAL. Building is moving aliead rapidly in Hawera, and quite a number of houses of the better class are being erected. Meanwhile the difficulty in procuring houses or even offices' or other business premises continues to exist. Buying and selling still goes on freely, and tenants never know- when the houses they are occupying will be sold over their heads. Numbers of cases in which tenants have been put to great inconvenience in this way could be mentioned, anil it looks as if the position must get worse before it gets better. Builders are very short of labor, and even ii the men were available, town.: properties are not regarded by capitalists at the present time as the best class of investment.