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Education. Whangarei. —Additions and renovations were carried out at Whangarei High School. Auckland. —General maintenance and renovations were carried out at three homes. Gisborne. —General repairs and renovations were attended to. Napier. —Additions to the Dannevirke High School are in hand. Wellington.—An assembly hall was erected at the Wellington Bast Girls' College, and a hostel and additional class-rooms at Feilding Technical High School are approaching completion. Nelson.—Additions were carried out at the Marlborough High School, and a new stable and apple-shed were built at the Richmond Special School. At Nelson College a cottage and class-room were taken down and re-erected. Repairs and renovations generally were attended to. Christchurch. —Additions, repairs, renovations and alterations to several buildings were effected. Dunedin. —Two buildings were repaired and renovated. Health Department. Auckland. —Repairs and renovations were effected at St. Helens Hospital and Motuihi Island Quarantine Station. Tauranga. —A new dwelling for the District Nurse at Murapara was erected. Gisborne. —Twelve huts for T.B. patients were erected, and twelve more are in course of erection. Stratford. —A nurse's residence is in course of erection at Pipiriki. Wellington. —Good progress is being made with the erection of the new Dental Clinic. Christchurch. —A start lias been made to erect a new male pavilion at the Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer, and a doctor's residence was built there. Additions, alterations, and comprehensive renovations were made to the Medical Superintendent's residence. Greymouth. —A large annexe to the Nurses' Home at Grey River Hospital is approaching completion, and a new medical and maternity wing is under construction. Four rooms were added to the maternity hospital at Reefton. Army and Naval Defence Departments. Whangarei. —Repairs and renovations were carried out at the Whangarei Drill-hall. Auckland. —At Motutapu Island the administration block, guard-room, mess-room, bathhouse, lavatories, and store were completed. At Kauri Point eleven magazines and various miscellaneous buildings were practically completed. At the Naval Base, Devonport, No. 1 boiler-shop was completed, the valve-house extended, the old machine-shop was demolished, and a start made with a new machine-shop, and temporary lavatories were provided. Repairs and renovations generally were attended to. Napier.—Two buildings were repaired and renovated. Wellington— An observation post was built at Fort Dorset. A new lavatory block is being built at Trentham. Christchurch. —Four houses for married officers and an ordnance store are in course of erection. Repairs and renovations generally were attended to. Dunedin. —Five buildings were repaired and renovated. Greymouth. —Repairs and renovations were effected at three buildings. Air Department. Auckland—AX the R.N.Z.A.F. Base, Hobsonville, the main west wing of the single men's barracks extensions was completed, and the small west wing and east wing are under construction. A temporary store is nearly completed. Repairs and alterations generally were carried out. Gisborne. —A hut was erected at the Gisborne Aerodrome for a temporary radio transmitter. Napier. —A radio-transmitting station and a radio-receiving station were erected at the Westshore Aerodrome. Wellington. —A large storage shed on the Rongotai Aerodrome is approaching completion. Nelson. —A radio-receiving station was built at the Nelson Aerodrome. Christchurch. —Wigram Aerodrome : Two new extensions to the dining-rooms of the single-men's quarters are in course of erection. A considerable amount of fittings, partitions, &c., were erected in the workshops to form temporary instructional accommodation and stores. Housing contract No. 1, comprising thirteen houses for married warrant officers and non-commissioned officers, is approaching completion ; housing contract No. 2, comprising eight single and one double unit for married airmen, is well in hand ; housing contract No. 3, comprising five single-storied and two two-storied residences, is ready for roofing. The administration building and the main store are approaching completion, the water-tower and standby set house, the guard-house, ration-store, and sergeants' mess are in hand, and the erection of the instructional block is about to commence. Department of Agriculture. Whangarei. —An instructor's house was erected. Auckland. —Two cottages were erected at the Ruakura Instructional Farm. Repairs and renovations generally were attended to. Stratford. —New dining and staff quarters are being erected at Flock House. Repairs and renovations were carried out at two other buildings. Wellington.—A plant research station was built at the Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North.

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