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Tuesday, August 14, 1973
The council and the Urban Services Department emphasise that
the role of the consultant company is to advise and to perform certain
technical functions. The official contacts of the council and the
department will still be conducted through the information officers
seconded from the Government Information Services Department and where
appropriate and required, by direct interview with councillors and
depertaent officials.
BUILDING IN CENTRAL DECLARED DANGEROUS
A three-storey pre-war building at No. 7 Chancery Lane in Central
was today declared to be in a dangerous condition by the Building Authority.
The building has a four-storey kitchen block which was inspected
at the request of a member of the public,
Fractured and crushing brickwork was found in several places in
the ground floor of the kitchen block. In addition, bulged and fractured
brickwork was observed in the upper walls of the kitchen block and to
the rear wall of the main building. Further fractures were also observed
internally.
Notices of intention to apply for a closure order were posted on
the building today. Hearing will be in Victoria District Court at 9.30 a..
on September 11.
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