Building Notes.

Progress, Volume XV, Issue 1, 1 September 1919, Page 604

Building Notes.

_ AUCKLAND. The Auckland Soldiers Club lias purchased a piece of land valued at £12,500 at the corner,. of Albert and Swanson Streets, on which stands a brick building, which is to bo com verted into a Soldiers’ Club. The plans are being prepared by a returned soldier, Mr. K. W. Aimer. The club will contain a luncheon-room capable of seating 100 persons, a bil-liard-room with sufficient space for four tables, as well as a lounge, and smoking, reading, writing, and committee rooms. There also Will be bedroom accommodation for not fewer than fifty men, bathrooms and offices for the secretary, staff, and the executive of the Returned Soldiers’ Association, as well as caretaker’s quarters. It has a frontage of 51ft. to Albert Street, and of 52ft. to Swanson Street. During the month the following tenders were advertised: Messrs Chilwcll and Trevithick for a bungalow at Te Kawa. Mr. J. Currie, erection of cottage, Campbell Road; Mr. Norman Wade, for bungalow Campbell Road, and business premises in brick at Hamilton; Messrs Holman and MOses, for an iron store in brick in Stanley Street. The Public Works Department also called for tenders for automatic telephone exchange at Devonport and Takapuna. Mr. M. M. Millikcn called for tenders for the erection of a reinforced concrete and brick building in Stanley Street for Pomeroy and Co., motor factors. It is expected that 'the erection of the proposed new St. David’s Presbyterian Church, as a soldiers’ memorial, will, on - account of the great demand for increased accommodation by the Sunday school and Bible classes, have to be taken in hand in the near future. The demolition of the Shortland Street block of Hobson Building has commenced, preparatory to the erection on the same site of a new five-storey structure ror tae National Bank of New Zealand. When the new structure has been'

completed the bank will occupy the ground floor, and .the whole of the basement right through. Mr. Daniel B. Patterson called for tenders for students’ block and warden’s house for St. John’s College, Tamaki. CHRISTCHURCH. A new wing to the Sydenham school was opened early last month consisting of four classrooms, master’s room, library, or museum, with ample corridor space. This section of the building, which will accommodate about 220 children, form, practically a quarter of the new school 'as it will bo when finished. The completed school will contain sixteen class rooms with master’s room, library, medical inspector’s room, teachers’ common room, kitchenette, and two staircases with extensive corridor space. This does not ineludt the present cookery and woodwork rooms which adjoin the new school. The future additions will be added to the southern end of the present building, and with this end in view this part of the building has been finished temporarily with galvanised iron. The ground in front of the buildingwill be ashphalted up to the street, where a low red stone rubble wall will be erected. The new school is heated with steam pipes, installed by the Challenge heating system under , the supervision of Mr. Ponninghouse. The tests of the heating apparatus have proved satisfactory, and it is expected that the rooms will be heated comfortably at a moderate expenditure on fuel. The school is well lighted and ventilated, and is considered to be the most up-to-date erected in the Canterbury district. Proper provision has been made for fire escapes, but as the walls are all brick, and the only fire is in the boiler-room, which is of concrete, there should be little risk of the building catching fire. The contractor for the section of the building just completed was Mr. H. Hinkey, the contract price being £3369, without -'furniture. This does not include the heating, which cost £320. The building was designed by the Board’s architect, Mr. G. Penlington, and erected under his supervision, and that of the , Board’s foreman, Mr. B. Riley.

Messrs England Bros, called for tenders last month, for , the erection of a warehouse in Lichfield Street. Messrs Collins and Harman also called for tenders for the erection of a. curator’s house for the Domain Board, as,well as an Isolation Ward for the Kaikoura Hospital, and a house in Holmwood Load. Messrs J. S. and M. J. Guthrie called for tenders for a new Catholic Church in brick and additions to school, as well as a new building in Gloucester Street for Soldiers’ Club. Mr. Cecil Wood called for tenders for the erection of laboratories and class-rooms, Christ’s College, and Messrs Hart and Eeese for extensions to Messrs Stacey and Hawker’s bakery. Mr. Eoy Lovell-Smith called for tenders for new Methodist Church in brick or stone, Lincoln Eoad, Spreydon. v ( - Plans and specifications are being prepared for a new school at St. Mary’s Manchester Street. It will cost between £4OOO and £SOOO. DUNEDIN. , ' Mr, E. W. Walden called for tenders for the erection of stores and offices for McGavin and Co., and Messrs Mason - and Wales invited tenders for an isolation ward at the .Tapanui Hospital. HAMILTON. It is proposed to-erect an annexe to the hospital at Hamilton, costing £IO,OOO as a memorial, that will be of some direct bcnelit to the community. HOKITIKA. At a meeting of the trustees of the Hokitika Savings ■ Bank recently, £IOOO was voted towards a new wing and nurses’ quarters at Westland Hospital, tomark the conclusion of peace. The building scheme involves the expenditure of about £12,000 for partial completion, and an additional £BOOO fo’r full completion. The Hoard is now arranging to undertake the work as soon as the plans now in hand are prepared. . NAPIER. A tender of £15,500 has been accepted for the erection of the now main school at Napier. NELSON. Mr. W. Houlker invited tenders last mouth for a now Anglican church at Motupi. RANGIORA. The Secretary, Board of Governors, High School, Eangiora, called for tenders for the erection of a new school in brick during this mouth. TIMAEU. Messrs Turnbull and Rule advertised for tenders for hostel ‘for Girls’ High School. W.C.1.1T AKI. The Board of Governors of the Waitaki Boys’ High School decided to contribute £IOOO towards the cost of a memorial hall to commemorate the old ‘boys who gave their lives in the war, the contribution to the subject to the ap- ■ proval 'of the Minister. It is contemplated that £IO,OOO will be raised for the purpose, towards which the staff and pupils have already undertaken to provide £IOOO. WELLINGTON. In connection with the Wellington Gas Company’s proposed housing scheme at Miramar, the following two circulars have been issued to the employees of the company by Mr. Archibald Bengali, engineer;— • "The directors of the Wellington Gas Company,-Limited, recently purchased' at Miramar twelve and a half acres of . 1 land suitable ' for building houses upon, and, before any steps are taken in connuection with the development of the .scheme, it is the desire of the board to consult its employees in the matter. I therefore am instructed to form a committee from the employees with whom the board may consult, and in order to do this it will be necessary for each

department to elect a representative to the committee. The representatives required are:—Miramar—From the retort house, one representative; from the workshops, one;.from the yard, one. Town—From the mechanics and meter shops Cambridge Terrace), one representative; from the gas fitters and service layers, one; from. the clerical staff, one; and one foreman representative, to be'elected-by the other foremen. I shall be glad to receive the names of the representatives to form the committee on or before Saturday, July 12. "It is proposed to erect permanent buildings in brick and concrete at as low a cost as possible, but with good workmanship, so that the rents, to be based on the cost, also may be as low as possible. The company does, not desire to make any profit on the letting of the houses! The committee is required to assist. in the general planning of the scheme, so that houses* suitable for the wants of the employees will be erected. Among other objects is the desirableness of building semi-detached houses or groups of houses in a block. The committee is to ascertain whether a laundry of the kind usually erected with a group of houses would meet with approval, also the number of employees desirous of becoming tenants; and when the scheme is floated the committee will be required to assist in the supervision and. management of the settlement. At a further advanced stage it may be of assistance for some of the wives of the employees to be added to the committee to give advice on the internal arrangement of the houses. It is the intention of the directors to acquire a recreation ground in the neighbourhood of the settlement. Generally, the object of the directors is to provide for the employees of the company suitable houses in pleasant surroundings in the vicinity of the works, and at a reasonable rent. At the same time the scheme is open to every employee of the company." The Wellington Harbour Board invited tenders for the construction of Pipitea Wharf in re-infbrced concrete.