RAPID BUILDING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23470, 6 October 1939, Page 8

RAPID BUILDING

CAMP AT PAPAKUKA NEW TOWN ENVISAGED POST OFFICE AND HOSPITAL HIGH HOUSING STANDARD Possessing communal facilities fully equal to those of the larger provincial towns and providing accommodation that is considered to surpass average housing conditions, the Auckland mobilisation camp at Papakura has now reached an advanced stage of construction. One battalion area, comprising 50 large buildings, is" structurally complete and will probably be available for occupation within a few days, while the second similar group is likely to be finished within about a fortnight. Private enterprise and the Public Works Department have co-operated in a building feat that is without parallel in the history of the Dominion. Four weeks ago the camp area Mjas farm pasture; to-day it possesses more than 50 completed dormitories, messrooms, stores and other buildings, and at least another 50 are in the course of erection. Within a fortnight the efforts ol up to 1000 tradesmen will have transformed 25 acres into a military township comparable in size and amenities with long-established and important provincial centres. System of Reticulation In each of the battalion areas, 22 of the buildings are dormitories. Other sections provide; the messrooms for officers, non-com missioned officers and men, recreational huts, stores, kitchens and a host of other units designed on modern lines and incorporating every facility for comfort and efficiency. Few towns in the province are reticulated for water supply, sewage disposal and electricity on a larger scale than the camp, and the intended layout of paths and roadways would be a source of civic pride in any settlement. A number of buildings are embodied in the extensive hospital block, which is to cover about 10 acres. Foundations were being laid yesterday for the central building, in which there will be a number of beds, and provision is made for the extension of this section by the erection of two wines, each of which will also contain wards. Eight Telephone Boxes Near by will be the dental hospital and the self-contained quarters for nurses, officers, non-commissioned officers and orderlies. There will also bo various stores buildings. The citizens of many provincial and suburban centres will gaze with envy on the camp post office, which is also Hearing completion. In addition to considerable counter, space for the transaction of business, modern mechanical equipment is to he installed for dealing with telegraphic traffic and eight telephone boxes will he available. The building will also contain sleeping and dining accommodation for the postmaster and bis staff. Recreation Facilities Each battalion area possesses a large recreation hut. One portion of the building is designed as a writing room, complete with' "tables and newspaper racks, while the other is to be laid out for general purposes and for the playing of indoor games, such as table tennis. In adjoining buildings there are steam-heating units for the rapid drying of clothes. Although one battalion area is now structurally complete, work remains for hundreds of carpenters and similar tradesmen. Most of the men are ensured in the erection of buildings in the second battalion area and in the hospital block, but a number will shortly be transferred to the administrative centre, where preliminary work has been commenced.

MORE MEN FOR CAMP

LARGE DETACHMENT TO-DAY j j MARCH THROUGH QUEEN STREET After a (lay's interval, a further larue detachment of soldiers will leave Auckland to-dnv to begin training at Aga- j rnawahia with the special military force. About 250 voiiiir men will march through Queen Street at about 8.30] a in. and entrain at the railway .station. Tliev will be played through the city by ' the' band of the Ist Battalion. Auckland .Regiment. Ibis group will bo tbe largest to lea\e the city at any one time since the men .started* going into camp, it will consist of members oi Headquarters Div 1sional Engineers, Field Company New Zealand Engineers. I'ield I ark Lomuaiiv. Division Ammunition Company. New Zealand Army Service Corps ami Reserve Motor Transport Company. HAMILTON CONTINGENT FURTHER 22 VOLUNTEERS [from our own coit.itesponoent] HAMILTON. Thursday The following additional members ol the special volunteer force left Hamilton to-day for Hopuhopu camp:— Divisional Cavalry Regiment.—A. T. Caley, .1. Da vies, C. W. Lyre, R. L Gardener. C. C. Garvan, W. J. Gra.vdon, 11. J. H. Hodson, A. Johnson, L. ftt. Lawry. lx. V. C. Lovcgrovc, .T. C. Magan, Ct. C. Manrteno A. R. Oppenheim, R. A. Ramsay, A. W. Robertson. D. C. Sawers, .T R. Shepherd n \ Sherwin. S. J. bomerville, C. G. lill. J." C." Upton. E. J. Watson. PARTY FROM PAEROA DEPARTURE EOR NGARUAWAHIA [H V TEEEGIIAPH OWN COni«ESPONI>KNT] PAEROA, Thursday A further party of volunteers left the No. 2 area. Paeroa, to-day tor the Ngaruawahia training camp. Those entering were all members of tbe Divisional Cavalry: The names of the men are as follows: — C. V. Wright (Taiieatna), E. R. Stokes, R. C'rapp (Whakatane). F. A. Burt (Mntnta). S A Kennedy. A. M. Sanders. T. H. Blarkwell (Tanranga). <). P. Burnett. G. 'l'. Watford. 11. (>. Gilbert (Katikati). C. A. Pendergrast (Paeroa), J. W. Hamilton. \Y. Hartley (Thames). W. J. Bane. R. C'. Maunder (Te Arolta), E. A. Iloran, R. W. Ward (Morrinsvillcb R. Wasson. F. B. Rhodes, I\. ('. Wri-iht, TT. S. Balecup (Rotorua), K. earlands. A. M. Phillips, R. E. G. Rice W. R. Gallagher, F. C. Brown, E. A. Hackhonso i (Putaruru), A. K. Davidson (Tiran), I S N. Neil. F. W. Jopling, P. B. L. Cubitt (Matnmnta). DIVISIONAL CAVALRY DRAFT FROM THE NORTH [FROM OUR OWN CORKESPONDF.NT] WIIANGARF.I, Thursday Tbe following 23 men left North Auckland to-day for Ngaruawahia Camp to join the Divisional Cavalry of the New Zealand Special Military Force: — J. Mc(s. Barron. N. W. Baxter. W. ,1. Bulmaii, R. Burnett, Si. C.. H. Cole, W. H Cook, ,1. D. Craig, G. L. Davison. H. G. Ludlow. A. .T. McKinnon. J. L. MoLeod. I). L. Norwood, M. >A. Patten, L. E. Philpott. J. Richards, If. Y. T. Samuel. X. E Scott. P. H. Sparksman, H. R. Stanley, I). Uriieli, H. W. Wellington. S. M. West, T. Yates.