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Progress, Volume XIII, Issue 3, 1 November 1917, Page 72

CANTERBURY. Messrs. Collins anil Hannan called for tenders for additions to Nurses’ Horae, Christchurch Hospital, during the month. The Education Board called for tenders for addition in brick to Beckenham School. Messrs, Hunt Sea go r and McLeod are cabin for tenders for the erection of a wooden Anglican Church at Culverden, and Mr. Lovell Smith called for tenders for a residence in Collingwood St., Now Brighton. The Ashburton Hospital trustees have written to the South Canterbury Board agreeing to the sale of the Sanatorium land which the two bodies named bought conjointly near Fairlie. Hire land is to be sold, as there is no prospect of building on it as originally intended. DUNEDIN. Building matters in Dunedin are reported to be much better than last month. A tender amounting to £.'5,500 has been accepted by the Public Works Department from Mr. J. A. McKinnon for alterations to the old Police Station to provide accommodation for certain Government departments now housed elsewhere, and tenders have been called for the erection of additional storage accommodation at the Burnside Freezing Works, the estimated cost being over £IO,OOO, for which work Mr. Canton, of Timaru, is the architect. Tenders have also been called for a cool store at Victoria Wharf costing £4,000, for which work Mr. Leslie D. Coombs, A.R.1.H.A., is architect. Air. Anscombe is architect for a new house for Air. W. Telford, at Waiwera, which will cost about £5,000. There is also a proposal to add an assembly room to the Technical School, though builders have a doubt whether this work will be gone on with immediately, and minor alterations at the Dunedin Hospital and other small work about the town should shortly be put in hand. There is also the building of the new hospital at Wakari, the plans for which were sent to Wellington for approval some time ago. Carpenters are fairly plentiful, but there is a distinct shortage of bricklayers. A number of bricklayers are at present employed on the alterations at the Balclutha Freezing Works. ”

Messrs Salmond and Vanes, A.E.1.8.A., have in hand the McGlashan College (Presbyterian Boys’ School), and Mr. Mandeno the Bank of New Zealand at Alosgeil. as well as the additions to the Technical School, Dunedin. The annual meeting of the Otago branch of the N.Z. Institute of Architects was held last mouth, the following having been elected officers: —Mr. Basil Hooper, A.R.I|B.A. President; Mr. Barton, Vice-President; Air. Alandeno, Secretary; and Messrs. Wales, Salmond, Walden and McFio (Associate Member) Committee.

A contract lias boon let by tlio Board of Governors of Columbia College to Messrs. Fletcher Bros, for extensive additions to Co him ha College. Messrs. Hinson and Wales are the architects. The additions comprise a throe-storey block, with oat-buildings. The ground floor will contain a suite of music rooms, and also a dining hall to seat over .100 persons, the first floor will have a suite of rooms for hospital purposes. _ This will be capable of being isolated in case of necessity at a moment’s notice. The bedrooms will be arranged for one, or two, or three boarders each. It is expected that the building will be finished about the end of April next. The front and side elevations will be built as is the rest of the house, of Milestone, faced with white Oamaru stone. , When completed the house will afford accommodation tor 80 boomers. The contract price is £15,(520. WELLINGTON.

“Our building scheme for the present year is a fairly extensive one,” said the Managing Director of the W.F.C.A at the annual meeting of the Coy., “as we have let a’contract for a warehouse at the corner of Waring-Taylor and 1 eatherston streets, and another contract for a wool store at Ihoindon Quay, both in Wellington. The warehouse is being built on a section we arc leasing from the City Corporation on aoo years’ lease. In addition to these contracts, we made during the past year lareg additions to our brick store, Mast. .on, and purchased a brick building in Danncvirko containing offices for the stock department and United Farmers ’ branch. ’ ’