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PANAMA HOUSE

DAMAGED IN EARTHQUAKE. PLANS FOR USING HOME DEFERRED. The utilisation of Panama House was considered recently by a special committee of the Wairarapa Hospital Board. The committee had recommended that in the meantime only custodial cases should be admitted and that in those circumstances a suitable woman could be obtained to take charge of the home, which could then be used as a rest home for elderly women patients, provided they required supervision only. It was decided that applications should be invited for the position of housekeeper at a salary of £2OO per annum, with free quarters. On the night of the day on which the committee arrived at its decisions, the building was severely _ damaged by earthquake and no action had been taken to call, for applications for a housekeeper. The Managing-Secretary, Mr Norman Lee, reported that Public Works engineers had made a preliminary inspection of the building. It appeared that the roof had pancaked and spread the walls and probably it would be necessary to take off the roof temporarily and tie the walls. The board decided, pending a fuller report from the engineers, that nothing more be done.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 July 1942, Page 5

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PANAMA HOUSE Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 July 1942, Page 5

PANAMA HOUSE Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 July 1942, Page 5

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