PROGRESS OF THE WORK
(BI TBUORAPa.-SPTCUt TO THE TOST.)
DUNEDIN, This Day. The opening of the Exhibition is only a few months off, and some £20,000 is still required to reach the amount desired by the allotment in share capital. The Works Committee's part, so far as the building operations are concerned, is responsible for: about £125,000, while other works, including water supply, drainage,' lavatory accommodation, fire mains, fencing, restaurant administra-. tion, offices, seating, education court, band stand, and grand stand, .will probably cost about another £37,000. About five and a half million feet of timber are now on Logan Park. Not all has been' used in the main contracts for the Exhibition buildings, but' what is still stacked m readiness for the carpenters probably will be required for fitting up orders filed or expected to come in Other material actually used on the contract includes 60 tons of nails, 130 000 feet of glass, and 10,000 sheets of asbestos.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 148, 26 June 1925, Page 7
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