STATE HOUSING CONTRACTS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22465, 28 July 1938, Page 12

STATE HOUSING CONTRACTS

ACCEPTANCE BY CABINET LARGE NUMBER FOR CHRISTCHURCH FURTHER PURCHASES OF LAND (FBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, July 27. Mr J. A. Lee, Parliamentary Undersecretary in Charge of Housing, announced to-day that Cabinet had approved of the acceptance of the following tenders for the erection of houses: — Auckland: W. J. Earwaker has secured a contract for four singlehouse units at Mount Albert; G. E. McWhirter, 11 single-house units at Point Chevalier; F. G. Rose and Sons, Ltd., four single-house units at Point Chevalier. Whakatane; Contract for three single-house units to 8.0. N. Construction Company. Christchurch: Paynter and Hamilton, Ltd., hr ve secured a contract for five single-house units at Sydenham; T. E. Marriott, 15 single-house units and four two-house units on the Armstrong Estate, at Linwood; Paynter end Hamilton, Ltd., 10 single-house units at Linwood; Paynter and Hamilton, 15 single-house units at Papanui; J. J. Construction Company, Ltd., three single-house units and one twohouse unit at Papanui; A. W. Hamilton, six single-house units, and one two-house unit at Spreydcn. Timaru: W. A. Petrie, six singlehouse units and two two-house units. Invercargill: R. Richardson, 12 single-house units. Stratford; Contract for one wooden two-house unit and eight wooden single-house units to Boon Bros., Ltd. Palmerston North: H. E. Townshend, Ltd., 11 single-house units and one two-house unit. Eketahunu; P. A. Peterson, four single-house units. Nelson: Chamberlain and Stannard, 12 single-hcuse units. The following purchases of land have also been approved by Cabinet: Auckland; Areas in Buxton road. Kiwi street, Walker road, Huia road, Newell street, Point Chevalier road, Wainui avenue, Sutherland and- Parr roads, Point Chevalier, sufficient for 16 houses; areas in Short street, Sandringham rot-d, Coyle street, and Columbia road. Sandringham, sufficient for eight houses; sections in Carlton avenue, Mays and Mount Smart roads. Onehunga, sufficient for three houses. Christchurch: Area in Bryndwr road and Thornycroft street, Feudal - ton. sufficient for 23 houses. Milton: Area in Spencer street and Main South road, sufficient for three houses.