CUSTOMS OFFICE SHIFT

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28314, 27 June 1957, Page 20

CUSTOMS OFFICE SHIFT

Thousands Of Records Thousands of records «r»me o* them requir’d to h" kept r»ermanentlv, fHinf* cahin«fs. office and vr»]l have tn be shifted when the Cvstnms Department mov°s—probably A u fT i , st—into new offices'on floor of’the Manchester strne' builffincr b°ing reconsiT’’Ycted for the Totalisator Agenev The offices now used bv the department in the Government buildings at the corner of Cathedral sa’V're and Worcester street—about 3000 so. ft.—will be available for reallocation, and it is likelv that they will be used by the Ministry of This will bring a 1! administrative branches of the Ministry back under the one roof. At present the legal and land purchase offices are in Colombo street north. “No Delays” “There sh.ould be no delays in our dav-to-day transactions.” said the Collector of Customs (Mr W. E. Bennett). But some sections would be closed for a short time before and after the transfer. When this move is complete the Ministry of Works will—with the exception of a few offices used by the Internal Affairs Department and the penthouse accommodation of the Government Analyst—occupy all of the building. When it was built, in 1911, if was intended to hold almost all branches of Government departments in Christchurch, with the .major exception of the Railways Department and the Post Office.