CAMP NEAR MUSEUM

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25289, 24 August 1945, Page 6

CAMP NEAR MUSEUM

NO LONGER NEEDED HOPE FOR EARLY REMOVAL Formerly known as Camp Hale, the military buildings in front of the War Memorial Museum are no longer re- ' quired for service purposes and are to be handed over to the War Assets Realisation Board. The Mayor, Mr J. i A. C. Allum, has been advised to this effect by the naval officer in charge at ' Auckland, Commodore W. K. Dowding. The camp originally provided accommodation for the United States Army headquarters staff in Auckland and has , recently been used as a Royal New Zealand Nnvv depot. It is hoped by the City Council'that the buildings will he removed as soon as possible so that the area, which is near the Cenotaph, can be returned to its pre-war condition. A photograph is on page 9. CLOTHING FOR UNRRA 15 TONS FROM HAMILTON (0.C.) HAMILTON, Thursday ' Nearly 15 tons of clothing and boots have been despatched from Hamilton in response to the recent appeal for clothing for Unrra. The consignment consisted of 38.551 articles of clothing and 1730 pairs of footwear. Hamilton's quota was eight tons. The organiser, Mr T. Par 1 jr, thanked all those who had assisted him in making the appeal a success. MONEY FOR MISSIONS LARGE REBATE OF DUTY Following a deputation from the Methodist Foreign Missionary Society of New Zealand to the Minister of Finance, Mr Nash, asking for relief from succession duty in respect of a bequest of the late Mr Samuel Gorman, of Nelson, the Minister has notified the society that a special grant of £12,450 has been made as rebate of succession duty paid on the legacy. Unaer the will of Mr Gorman, twothirds of the residue of his estate of approximately £92,000 was bequeathed to the society for foreign mission work in the Solomon Islands, with particular reference to medical work. The legacy amounted to approximately £20,000. Feilding, who led the deputation, Mr Nash stated that the grant was to compensate the society in part for the damage to the mission property in the 1 Solomon Islands caused during the war against the Japanese. He added that he hoped that, with the aid of this sum, the society would be able to re-establish its hospitals and schools to continue the good work interrupted by the war. POWER SUB-STATION NEW TRANSMISSION LINES (0.C.) PALMERSTON NORTH, Thursday The building of a sub-station at Bunuythorpo for tho distribution of electricity from the new generating stations on the Waikato River over the southern part of the North Island is provided for in a vote of £230,7(H) in the Budget estimates now before Parliament. It is expected that the work will begin within .12 months. New transmission lines from the Waikato to Bunny thorpo will he built to carry 220,000 volts. They will not necessarily follow the course of the present feeder line, which is of half that voltage. The higher voltage is being used to reduce losses in transmission, this being Iho generally accepted practice overseas. An interesting feature is that the steel towers to be used to carry the line can be divided into sections for transport. A similar station is to he built in tho Auckland district. BURGLARY AT SHOP A burglar broke into the shop of Mr W, G. Gray, chemist and optioiajj ? of 565 Remuera Road, on Wednesday night and stole about £'2 in cash and some tobacco. The thief _ thoroughly ransacked the office which was lelt in a very disordered condition. Entry was gained by removing a panel of 5 glass from the rear door. There has been a series of minor burglaries in the last few weeks and detectives at the Central police station have had a busy timo investigating the offenoeau