WORKS VOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 152, 28 June 1940, Page 6

WORKS VOTES.

BUDGET PROVISION.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

LARGE AMOUNTS ALLOCATED.

(By Tel (graph.—Parliamentary Reporter. WELLINGTON", this day.

Votes of interest to the Auckland district in the Public Works Estimates tabled in the House of Representatives last night, together with the Budget, include public buildings as follow: —

Ruakura research station, £10,000; Ngongotaha Valley hatchery, Rotorua, and game farm residence, £1950; Auckland Magistrate's Court alterations, £2000; Helensville courthouse, £1700; Whangarei courthouse, £20,000; Auckland prison cool room and laundry, £1500.

For police stations tlie following votes are made:—Auckland Central, £2000; Glen Eden, £1850; Mission Bay, £2080; Mount Eden residence, £1600; Ponsonby offices, £2000; St. Helier's Bay, £2120; Takapuna offices and residence, £500; Cambridge, £1800; Hunterville, £1800; Rotorua, £5000; Te Awamutu, £1250; Waiheke Island, £1500; Whanarei, £1000. Post and Telegraph. Post and Telegraph votes for buildings include:—Auckland additions, £40,000; Newmarket store and workshop additions, £15,000; Auckland alterations, £8000; Ponsonby automatic exchange additions, £4825; St. Helier's automatic exchange, £4000; Mount Albert automatic exchange, £4000; Devon port automatic exchange, £1600; Avondale automatic exchange, £750; Dominion Road additions, £665; Newmarket store site, £500; Point Chevalier building and site, £450; Dargaville additions, £970; Helensville additions, £700; Howick additions, £700; Huntly additions, £1300; additions to Onehunga automatic exchange, £2400; additions and site extension, at Otahuhu, £800; P&pakura military camp, £3000; Pukekohe, £5750; Te Aroha additions, £4000; Te Kuiti, £5000.

Auckland Mental Hospital buildings are voted £10,430, and Kingseat Hospital £57,730, including £30,000 for a nurses' home.

Under the vote for health and hospital institutions St. Helens Hospital is voted £8350, including £3000 for the purchase of & site.

Railway construction rotes include:— Dargaville branch, £40,000; PaeroaPokeno, £40,000; Taneatua-Opotiki, £2000.

Lighthouse and harbour works include:—Great Barrier, automatic light on False Head, £1540; Great Barrier Island wharf, Okupu, £950; Te Kopuru wharf, £1015; and Kawhia harbour wharf, £5000. Tourist Resorts. On account for the development of tourist resorts the Chateau Tongariro is voted £2800, Rotorua £20,000, including £8500 for pipe line and reservoir and £8000 for electrical works and telephone line.

The sum of £8000 on account is the Taupo thermal baths, and £1900 for Scoria Flat Road, Tongariro. , f, or 1, c naxmilling industry rehabilitation plan, including research and development work, the sum of £165,000 yMr the vote w * B £04,500 and £o(k> expended for swamp drainage. The aum of £0000 is voted H * Ura V P i a,ns - For small farms development £*70,000 is voted the «?SSo. e,p «' ded