WOOLSTON FIRE STATION
L Tenders Close Soon i Tenders w-ill close soon for i the erection of a new Wool- ■ ston fire station in Ferry - road near the Heathcote i bridge. There will be two singlei storey blocks in reinforced • concrete and brick with iron i roofs. The main block of 5000 sq. i ft. will have an appliance I room for two engines, watch i room, and station offices and i storeroom for hose with a • repair shop for fittings. This block will also include ■ a wing of single men’s i quarters. They will have ; both a living room and a ■ social room for communal I activities. The second block of 1400 • sq. ft. will be for workshops. ’ maintenance of vehicles, and ■ stores. Tlie architects are Messrs ' J. G. Collins and Son, who : expect work to start soon ■ after a contract is let. ' Strike Planned.— Water- . front tally clerks in nine [ Australian ports will strike : for 24 hours next Tuesday ! because ship owners failed i to engage clerks during an > unauthorised stoppage of i waterside workers in Sydney . on Tuesday.—Sydney, April 13.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29798, 14 April 1962, Page 14
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