COMBINED inEiU)QUARTERS AT use in an emergency as a combined headquarters for all sections oi the armed forces, xu*vMiffi. AP ok •, “ This method of constriietion -had never big hydraulic ram which was specially adapted for lifting the prefabricated roof members (?ach ani.?LL ♦ kv<m from inside one of the passage-ways leading previously been employed in New Zealand. TOP RIGHT: As the excmhons £kis p hewn nearly 100 feet underground. Mr F; D. Grant, district into the main chambers and gives an indication of the rugged nature of the rock out hniidih? nf the station is shown examining the rock formation, estate of the Public Work, Department at Christchurch whose deff rlmen was forjhe S p“S coucrele ribs. BOTTOM LEFT: In the main back chamber, which is 76 feet long, 25 feet wide and l8Je« 6 mcnM In the event of fighting in New Zealand, this room was to have been fitted up as a o« wISe aS 17 fefet hlfli. Looking into one of the side chambers, each of which.is 107 feet long overall, 20 feet wide, ana u xeei mgn. .... ■..» .

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COMBINED inEiU)QUARTERS AT use in an emergency as a combined headquarters for all sections oi the armed forces, x u*vMiffi. AP ok •, “ This method of constriietion -had never big hydraulic ram which was specially adapted for lifting the prefabricated roof members (?ach an i.?LL ♦ kv<m f ro m inside one of the passage-ways leading previously been employed in New Zealand. TOP RIGHT: As the excmhons £kis p hewn nearly 100 feet underground. Mr F; D. Grant, district into the main chambers and gives an indication of the rugged nature of the rock out hniidih? nf the station is shown examining the rock formation, estate of the Public Work, Department at Christchurch whose deff rlmen was forjhe S p “S coucrele ribs. BOTTOM LEFT: In the main back chamber, which is 76 feet long, 25 feet wide and l8Je« 6 mcnM In the event of fighting in New Zealand, this room was to have been fitted up as a o« wISe aS 17 fefet hlfli. Looking into one of the side chambers, each of which.is 107 feet long overall, 20 feet wide, ana u xeei mgn. .... ■..» .