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Soldiers' Graves At Waikumete Cemetery a semi-lawn scheme has been completed. Similar work is in hand at Taita and Akatarawa. Internal Marketing Department At Tauranga a factory was built and plant installed for the processing of citrus fruits. Fruit-storage accommodation has been erected in the Otago area. ft Labour and Employment Department Miners' hostels have been completed at Reefton and Ohai. To provide accommodation for one hundred single men at Huntly a miners' hostel was constructed. Another similar, but smaller hostel was erected at Ohura. At Blackball a third hostel to accommodate twenty-four miners, a manager, and staff is under construction. Surplus military camp buildings at North Head and Narrow Neck were converted for the accommodation of male and female immigrants, and similar work is in hand at Dunedin. Maori Affairs Department At Halsey Street, Auckland, a Maori community centre has been constructed, and at Rotorua the Janet Eraser Memorial Hostel has been completed and occupied. Renovations to the Rangiatea Church, Otaki, are proceeding. Mental Hygiene Division Considerable work in the nature of alterations and additions was carried out at the •Seacliff Mental Hospital. The E 2 Ward was completed. Alterations and improvements have been made to buildings at Ravensthorpe and Avondale. New villas have been completed at Porirua. The major building scheme at Lake Alice is proceeding steadily, work being concentrated on the eleven-bed and the fifty-bed villas. Ministry of Works Conversion work has proceeded during the year on the plant depot at Mangere Crossing. The first phase of the workshop and office block is complete and the removal of Army buildings for conversion to staff residences is nearing completion. At Lake Pukaki the works office was completed. Camp accommodation is near completion at Porirua. The Blenheim Road Store, Christchurch, is under construction. The roof framing has been delayed due to the shortage of structural steel, but work is once again proceeding. The plant depot at Sockburn was completed. National Broadcasting Work consisting of alterations, extensions, and redecoration was carried out at the 4YA and 4ZB Studios. New studios have been provided for stations at Rotorua and Whangarei. Alterations have been made to the Gas Co. Buildings, Christchurch, for 3XC. Navy Department To provide more adequate fire protection in stores and workshops at the Devonport Naval Base, extensive automatic sprinkler systems are being installed. Huts for staff accommodation have been erected at H.M.N.Z.S. " Tamaki." Extensive alterations have been carried out at the St. Mary's Bay depot for Volunteer Reserve training.

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