Building Notes.

Progress, Volume XV, Issue 7, 1 March 1920, Page 748

Building Notes.

AUCKLAND. The tender of Mr. Robert Sanders has been accepted by the Auckland Harbour Board 'for the erection of three 320 ft. by 60ft. steel-framed sheds, and one 260 ft. by 60ft. shed of the same construction on the new Central Wharf. The walls of the sheds are to be of reinforced concrete, and the roofs of asbestos slates; the contract time is eighteen months, and the price is £51,000. The question of erecting new buildings for the Auckland Museum is being considered by a special Committee appointed by the City Council, with special provision for ijar exhibits. The new Museum scheme in the Domain is to be a big one. A building costing about £IOO,OOO is foreshadowed. It will combine with museum accommodation suitable halls for the adequate display of war trophies, also galleries to contain photographs of those members of the N.Z.E.F. who have specially distinguished themselves. The grounds will permit the suitable display of those large armaments which cannot be provided for in any building. A summary of the facts laid before the Prime Minister, in urging the claims of the institution to Government assistance, is as follows: —It is hoped that the Government will grant a £ for £ subsidy, namely, £50,000, and that the balance of £50,000 will then be raised by voluntary subscriptions, for which purpose suitable action will be duly taken. ■ ' The matter of workmen’s homes was briefly referred to at the meeting of the Onehunga Borough Council this month. On the motion of Mr. Bassett, it was decided that the town clerk should prepare a list of building

Board. Mr. A. E. Lewis called for tenders for a cheese factory (brick or concrete) for the Milford Dairy Co. ' THAMES. Mr. E. E. G-illman called for tenders for butter factory in reinforced concrete for the Thames Valley Dairy Co. WELLINGTON. The necessary steps are being taken by the City Council for the acquisition, under the Public Works Act, of the land purchased at Wadestown from the Wilton Estate for the erection of workers’ homes. The purchase of the land was completed’ some time ago, and the steps now being taken are purely formal. Several applications for financial assistance have been received by the Government from local bodies anxious to go in for housing schemes. . The Housing Act provides that the Government may advance money to local bodies for the erection of homes, and most of the local bodies applying have asked for large amounts. The Christchurch City Council, for example, wants £200,000, and the Wellington municipal authorities require a similar sum. It appears that the amount of money at the disposal of the Government will not permit of advances being made on this scale. The Prime Minister stated yesterday that the Government could not lend more than £IO,OOO at one time on a single application. He understood that the larger local bodies had considered this sum too small to justify them in making a start.