NAVAL HOSPITAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 91, 18 April 1941, Page 8

NAVAL HOSPITAL.

AUCKLAND QUARTERS. PROGRESS ON BARRACKS. Well up to schedule, the new naval hospital near Calliope Koad. Devonport, is now in the hands of the finishing IradiviniMi and should be completed by the end of June, when it will l>e handed over to the naval authorities. The twostorey block is eont ing £24,000.

With accommodation for 42 patients, and a stuff of alxuiL 12, the building will ri*|dili-t> the |iresent sifk quarters near the , Calliope waterfront, which have met the requirement* of the Naval Department for many years but have heroine inadequate iin/.er present conditions. Constmotion work was begun early last August. The block is of ferroconcrete and coiit-ists of two winjrs roilnested by a central portion, surmounted l>y u tower. A semicircular drive will tuive access to the public from Calliop" Road, while communicuition with the naval base will be. by mean-; of a road down the slope. A courtyard will be formed on the harbour side.

Most of the hods will lie upstairs, and tin , interior layout and equipment will provide all the main l"t'(|n iifmi'ii tn of a

■jeniTsil hns]iital except an operating n>olll. fur which tli" navy will continue to rely «>n the Aiicklail<i Public Hut-pi-tul. J.;ir;i' balconies 1111 t 111? Hal upstairs roof will he available fur convalescent patient*. Work un the now naval barracks i<pushed ahead and tlie lirst part is expected to be ready fur occiipat ion within the next two months. Tilt.' whole of the barracks building should lie lini.--l.ed before tiie en.l "of tho year. Ulhcr palls n!' the expansion -elioino are •Ivinjr undertaken tradesmen arc released from works in hand.