SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17294, 18 October 1919, Page 9

SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE.

NEW OFFICES IN SYDNEY. IFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] SYDNEY. Oct. 8. A fine building is being erected for the 1 South British Insurance Company in ! Sydney, at tjie corner of Hunter and O'Connell Streets, opposite the office of the I .Sydney Morning Herald. The design shows bold and comprehensive treatment j in freestone, on a rough granite base, with an entrance to the company's office fon the Hunter Street corner, and ten- | nants' entrance in o'ConneU Street. The I former is to he approached by a circular I flight of granite steps, at the top of which j four massive columns will support a I portico and the upper facade. Passing i through a handeomely-designed lobby, the j visitor will find himself in a lofty chamI ber, titled with counters and fittings of ! polished maple. On the east side a com--1 modious gallery will run the entire length. From this floor, stairs will provide access to other offices and strong-rooms in the basement. The upper portion of the building will comprise six floors. The whole of the floors, roof, and stairs are to be of reinforced concrete, supported on structural steel columns and girders encased in concrete; this form of construction ensuring an essentially fire-proof buildingThe elevation* are of c'assical design, I showing twenty-two columns standing on ' a massive granite base, supporting the I superstructure, which is encircled, by substantial cornices and surmounted by a j line stone balustrade. The work is be--1 ginning to make a good ehow. The gran- ; ite base is m trunnion, and much of the I structural steel has been fixed. The buildj ing will be a distinct acquisition to Syd--1 riey's architecture.

, I'.O.KD FORMATION AND METALLING. j The Thorycrofi Dump Truck, specially dei signed fur heavy work, is being employed in ! road formation and metalling both in the I city ami out-back districts. The hydraulic 1 tip and steel body are special features which, I combined with British workmanship—itself ■ a it re at recommendation—have earned the I golden opinions of local body engineers. i Thornycroft Trucks do all their work on lowtirade full 130deg. test kerosene or distillate, ; rendered possible by the Thornycroft patent I vapcuriser. Fuel running coats are thereby i reduced 50 per cent. Dunedin and We-lin<toa j City Councils, FTnbson. Wairoa, \Xwut-r, I Ilnwera. and ManvtVau Councils are among ! a number of recenT purchasers of ThornyI croft Dump Truck?. For further particulars write to A. Hatrick and Co., Wangamii and I Wellington. I Sore thrifts, chest cubic with thick ! mucus will be readily telieved by fieI qufid use .if Nii/ul on sugar, and by rubbing a few drops of Nazol into the chest and throat night and morning and cover- j ing with cotton wool or flannel, ■ ■ J