WORK HELD UP
NEW POLICE STATION
AUCKLAND'S URGENT NEED (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. "The Auckland police station is one of the worst in the Dominion," said Mr. Schramm (Government, Auckland East), when making a plea in the House of Representatives this morning that a start should be made on the building of a new police station.
In reply, the Minister in Charge of Police, Mr. Webb, agreed that the building was in a bad state, but he said it was not as bad as some
others. Before the war it had been proposed to bring all Government buildings up to date. However, the Auckland police station would be a big job, involving over £100,000. It was not a question of money but of steel. Mr. Schramm, he sajd, could rest assured that the Prime Minister was determined to push on with that work as soon as the war conditions would allow.
Mr. Schramm: I was told that five years ago.
Mr. Webb: It is what has happened in those five years that has made all the difference in the building programme.
Mr. Richards (Government, Roskill) also urged construction of a new station.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 192, 15 August 1941, Page 8
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