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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24793, 18 December 1941, Page 10

NEW WING FOR HOSPITAL NURSES' HOME ■ £

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T. H. HENDRA & CO. ENGINEERS GENERAL AND ORNAMENTAL IRONWORKERS 75 CASTLE STREET. DUNEDIN. C.l. ♦ Made and erected the Fire Escapes Stair Balustrades Balcony Rails SMITH & SMITH LIMITED OCTAGON, DUNEDIN SUPPLIED AND GLAZED ALL GLASS IN THIS BUILDING, AND WERE ALSO ENTRUSTED WITH THE GENERAL PAINTING AND DECORATING WORK THROUGHOUT Builders 1 Hardware supplied by BRISCOE & CO. Limited Hardware Merchants CRAWFORD STREET, DUNEDIN

All the PLASTERING WORK on this building W. L. TYRIE PLASTERER and TILER 23 HOBSON STREET, ST. CLAIR. Phone 22-729.

DUNEDIN HOSPITAL NURSES’ HOME FURNITURE Supplied by Hayward's North-end Furnishing Co. Ltd. Dunedin's Wholesale Direct to Home Furnishers Cr. KING and DUNDAS STS., DUNEDIN NORTH

Abreast with the times . Service to the Community mm Wm m '■am. 2i ■M mm mm zm this buil* iTak « rl r tfni H“ using SC Governm^n 1 the two the An ’ u nd« r a For quality ol workmanship, modernistic ideas, plus a prompt contract service, R. Mitchell and Sons, Ltd., rank among the leading builders and contractors, in the Dominion. Their budding record in all parts oi the Otago province over a period of years exemplifies their recognised worth as a firm which does a first-class job. Only highly skilled workmen are employed by MITCHELL'S, who have an added advantage of being able to do all their joinery wprk in their own up-to-date factory. ’ r mL —■ -k. w - •••X'- >' mm w>|rt •• m, m *>r , ; if! >■. ■:■■■■ : Jtr, '.i '■ A wing and frontage of the Boys’ Home at Caversham, almost completed. This building, which has dormitories to accommodate between 20 and 30 boys, is equipped with every modern convenience, including central heating. A perspective drawing of a newly-built modern home. PRIVATE, INDUSTRIAL, EDUCATIONAL WORKS in all parts of Dunedin and Otago generally, have been done by R. Mitchell and Sons. In the last 3} years alone this firm has built 276 houses under the Government's housing scheme at Wakari (biggest percentage), Carlton Hill, and Corstorphine, at the back of Kew. Mitchell's were the builders and contractors for the new wing of the Nurses' Home. R. Mitchell 6c Sons Ltd Office: 48 High Street. Musselburgh Joinery Works: 116 OXFORD ST.. ST. KILDA. * la, m mmmMt ■ ~ ~ I V Miilim—i i >■ L s • s rout m ode °f anoth er rec ently.. e n cte <* block 7 Du *edi n . k of rn flate ,n S tl reel.