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Mines Department. —Camp accommodation, comprising married quarters, single quarters, cookhouse, offices, and subsidiary buildings, has been erected at the Glen Massey opencast mine. Renovations to office have been completed at Westport and repairs to cottage at Ngakawau are in hand. National Service Department.—Alterations to offices for the Employment Division at Whangarei have been completed. Native Department.—Eight houses have been erected at Hamilton and a housing scheme has been completed at Moerewa Freezing-works. Police Department.—The new station at Dunedin Central is completed and a new office, residence, and garage is in hand at Omakau. Alterations and additions to stations have been completed at Nightcaps and North Invercargill, Repairs to stations and residences have been carried out at Denniston, Frankton Junction, Granity, Greymouth, Hokitika, Huntly, Kanieri, Kumara, Ngaruawahia, Ross, Wataroa, and Westport. A new lavatory block has been completed at Rawene and sewer drainage installed at Dargaville. Two residences have been completed at Hamilton East, and a new sergeant's residence at Kingsland is in hand. Structural repairs are being carried out at Newton, and alterations and renovations are in hand at Bluff, Coalgate, and Lincoln. Post and Telegraph Department.—A new post-office building is practically completed at Kaikohe. A line-store has been erected at Whangarei, and similar buildings are in course of erection at Darfield, Gore, and Papakura. A new telephone exchange has been completed at Island Bay and a similar building is under construction at Karori. A carrier-telephone building is nearing completion at Seddon. Earthquake repairs and renovations have been carried out at Kaiwarra and Te Aro. The re-roofing of the post-office building at Whangarei has been completed and a lavatory block is in course of erection at Dargaville and Kaitaia line-stores. A false roof has been constructed over the telephone exchange at Wellesley Street East Post-office. A tender has been accepted for a new post-office building at Te Kuiti. The removal of the clock towers has been completed at Bluff, Greymouth, and Lyttelton, and similar work is in hand at Ashburton, Gore, and Sydenham. A cable-terminal hut has been erected at Oreti Beach and a tender has been accepted for a repeater station at Culverden. Alterations and additions to staff cottages at Awarua Radio Station are in hand. Minor works have been carried out at Waikaia, Tuatapere, Gisborne, Reefton, and Ross. Repairs have been completed to the Post and Telegraph Depot at Frankton Junction. Public Trust Office. —Repairs and maintenance to the Greymouth office have been completed. Public Works Department. —A temporary plant depot has been completed at Dunedin and a new plant depot at Sockburn is in course of erection. The fitting-shop and No. 1 cottage at Kaitaia Depot are nearing completion and renovations to staff cottages and offices are in hand. Painting and repairs to store at Invercargill have been carried out and repairs and renovations to offices at Greymouth, Hokitika, and Westport completed. Additions to the surfaceman's cottage at Mangahauini have been completed. The installation of fire-fighting equipment in the Public Works Department garage at Whangarei is in hand, and tenders have been accepted for a new stores block at Blenheim Road, Christchurch. Office accommodation for the Housing Division was fitted up at Dunedin and Hamilton.

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