LAND AND BUILDINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15235, 24 February 1913, Page 9

LAND AND BUILDINGS.

HOME FOR INCURABLES.

THE KNOX INSTITUTION.

... IDEAL SUE AT TAMAKI.

THE plais of tho Knox Memorial Home for Incurables, which promises to be for Incurables, which promises to be easilv the finest institution of its kind m ' the. Dominion, are now ready. It will ■ -'ta remembered that under tho will of the 1 te Mrs Knox provision was made for the establishment of an institution which would & of benefit to those persons sufferin'" from incurable diseases, apart from cancer and tuberculosis. The Knox trus. - tees decided upon a si to at West Tamaki, 0 „ the Knox estate, and probably if they had searched throughout the Dominion, V : thcV could not have chosen such an ideal situation for the home of tho sick and suffering. The sito is opposite Wellington Park, and is on the high portion of the estate. Tho now buildings will command a glorious view of tho Waitemata, and a magnificent sight of the Rangitoto and Wfiiheke channels will also be obtained. or arc these the only features or the situation. The buildings will lie in a • slight hollow, an "O-ind the at hem ■ Lna western portion of the 38 acres of Tronic to bo devoted to tho institution ' runs a i->w hill giving all the shelter that ' is required to make the atmosphere warm • B nd balmy . , , Tho main building is to be one storey fci<rh with the exception of tho central administrative portion, on which a sec--ißd storey will be constructed. .Brick U to bo ' used throughout, with cavity walls, and the exterior is to be finished in pressed brick and rough cast. The building, which will bo 260 ft long and 150 f deep, will rive the general appearance of a luge bungalow, and the slates whrh are to be used as the sole roofing material will add to the neat, compact aswet of the whole institution._ This main building will consist of three ] large wards, each taking 16 patients, - while there are also to be six isolation wards under the same roof. Numerous , -.''alcoves, sittingrooms and diningrooms are to be provided, and all are to be . ''-..finished in white plaster, giving clear., <mooth surfaces, which will be perfectly 'sanitary. Above all, the building is to be as ab*: "lately firerrcof as the builder can i make it, and not' _ stick ox wood will go into - the construc ion which is not essen- J "t the rear of f he main "ouildiug thoI At the rear of the main building tho khchen dock will bo s?tnated. This will be a separate two-storey s>u£d?cg of the same general constr as the main portion. It will be approached from flatter by a covered way. Tb.a upper storey is to" be devoted to grooms for the staff. At the rear of this again will be tbfi laundry block, which is designed to ■ take a steam lanndiy pl~nt, and here will also be situated the boiler and powerhouse for the steam-heating of the whole .'institution. A feature of the institution will be the utmost comfort it will afford to patients •who are ik>" wholly confined to sick beds. Round the main building will run a verandal; eight feet wide, and every here ana < there will bo stone wir u-shields arranged, in such a way that, a draught under the verandah will be practically an impossibility. .No steps will have to be negotiated" bv the patients, as leading to all . parts of the building will be sloping ap- > proaches of an easy grade. Every fitting in the building will be stvictlv an to rcodera hospital standard, v Med Scots, porcelain baths, and easilycleansed materials are to be used for the 6aj£ of sanitation, . and every thing is to be provided for easy working for the Staff. The architects for the building, Messrs. B. Bartley and Son, Invite tenders for tire work, and these close on March 6th.

IN THE STEW POST OI'KCE.

• COMFORT FOR TEE OPERATORS.

The Telegraph. Department cannot be ;said to be sparing 1 any pains to pro- , Me, as far as possible, for the comfort of its telegraph operators in Auckland. There will be somewhere about 110 operators attached to the Auckland office -when the operations are removed from Short- • laud Street to the new chief office in '.Queen Street. On the second floor of the - new building the Department is allotting .-•three rooms measuring 40ft by 20ft for the recreation of its men. The fitting up of these rooms in the latest comfortable style is now proceeding. One has already been converted into a handsome little library, while another is to be a common room for those who are off duty, or awaiting their turn at the instruments. Another large room is to txj given to . . the telegraph messengers as r. recreationroom, and this, too, is being converted ■ into a comfortable meeting-place for the boys awaiting errands. The work will be ■ . finished in a fortnight.