Kawakawa Nurses’ Home
Good progress is being made by the Public Works Department in erection of the new Nurses’ Home block on the Kawakawa Hospital Grounds.’ A specious, well-lighted and modern building is in course of construction. Outside walls, tiled roof : and much of the ground-floor boarding are. complete, but ceilings, topstorey floor and walls have yet to be .built. The home will incorporate two commodious sittingrooms, a diningroom, suite of - rooms exclusively- for the use of the matron, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen .-and 'refrigerator room. The two latter are semi-detached from the main building.. A wide staircase will lead up from the main door, while a separate door and stair will give access to the .matron's., suite. An eight-foot concrete ,walk> .possibly with a. small, wide-topped balustrade, will-skirt < the front of the building', .which .faces Away from the hos--pital buildings-and,.looks..nut . over -the jiiijsido’; on t.P a yista of-’trees,- valley and hills’in the distance, U- C''
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Northern Advocate, 13 December 1943, Page 2
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155Kawakawa Nurses’ Home Northern Advocate, 13 December 1943, Page 2
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