Building Notes.

Progress, Volume XVII, Issue 3, 1 November 1921, Page 69

Building Notes.

The Institute of British Architects is calling for designs in England for the £I,OOO competition for Auckland’s memorial museum. Mr. Sehvyn Goldsboro’ invited tenders for a brick kindergarten building in Wellington Street for the Kindergarten Association. Mr. A. S. O’Connor invited tenders for a house at Edendale.

Messrs. Grierson and Aimer . invited tenders last month for an isolation block of building’s for the _ Children’s Home at Manuera last month, as well as a residence at Kemuera. l , Mr. A. Mclan invited tenders for concrete houses at Mt. Roskill and Mt. Albert. Mr. E. R. Morton invited tenders early this month for shops and dwellings in Remuera. Messrs. Ed. Mahoney and Son called for tenders for alterations to the Rank of N.Z., Queen Street, this month. Mr. G. W, Allsop invites tenders for a cool chamber in brick at Nurses' Home, Hospital, and a bungalow at Papakura. Messrs. Chilwell and Trevithick invite tenders for a residence in Grafton in brick. CHRISTCHURCH. The Christchurch City Council, at a recent meeting, discussed the War Memorial bridge. It was reported that representatives of the Finance Committee recently interviewed the War Memorial Executive and discussed the question of the erection of a bridge over the River Avon at Cashel Street. After giving the . representatives’ report careful consideration, the Committee recommended that the work of the under-structme of the bridge to be fully set out in the plans and specifications, for which tenderers would be required to give a separate price. The Committee also recommended that the carrying out of the whole work be entrusted to Messrs. Prouse and Gummer, the winners of the competition. The Committee further recommended that the War Memorial Executive be informed that the plans and specifications of the under-structure must be submitted to the Council and approved before tenders were called for the work, and that only New Zealand stone was to be used in the erection of the bridge. Some objection was taken to .the proposal that the erection of the under-structure should be carried out by the Memorial Committee architects, and Mr. R. D. Martin moved that the portion of the work- for which the Council was responsible should be carried out under the - supervision of the city engineer. This was seconded by Mr. Cooke. Mr. W. H. W'insor said it was customary to allow the one architect to supervise the whole job. Mr. A. Manhire said it would only lead to trouble by having two sets of people supervising the work. The Deputy-Mayor said the architect’s charge for supervising the building of the under-structure would be 6-£ per cent, on the cost. Mr. Winsor said the architect would have to be paid 4 per cent, in any event. /- The Council ■ agreed to allow the clause to stand over till next meeting. There are’ nine more residences at Northcote settlement, Papanui, completed. These houses have been built by the Government, and applications for them will be received at the Labour Department Office, Christchurch, up to October 31st. The price of the dwellings will be between ,£1,034 and. £l,lOO. Messrs. Hart and Reese invited tenders early this month for additions to premises, Norwich Quay, Lyttelton, for Messrs. Sutton and Co. Mr. Roy Lovell-Smith called for tenders for a house in wood, at Riccarton last month. RANGIORA. Mr. Duncan Brown, of Christchurch, invited tenders ■ early this month for the erection of a new church at Rangiora. TIMARU. The State Advances Department has granted the Timaru Borough Council £5,000 for the erection of. workers’ dwellings.’