The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Page 5

THE AGE, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1957 rbif ytuf August Salt Bill ta Tow St All tht NOBODY KNOWS WHERE trgaint oiiBiay mm wstsi Decision on Tender The Cane Means Fun -4 for Bridge Defended HE best design and the most satisfactory methods for constructing the proposed King POOL LEAKED OUT Inquiry Held Up Until Responsibility Decided NO-ONE is doing anything, officially, to determine why more than one million gallons of water has disappeared from the new Olympic swimming pool in the last nine months until it is decided who is responsible. The chairman of the Olympic Park board of management (Cr. P. L. Coleman) isaid last night correction of the water loss was the responsibility of the builders, McDougall and Ireland Pty.

Ltd. 1 liMI Street Bridge were submitted by the successful tenderer Utah Construction Co. Tenders were called for design as well as price, and in considering them design was regarded as the determining factor, the Minister for Public Works (Sir Thomas Malrby) said "THE THIRD EYE by Lob. Kampa Ram pa accounts of his flight in man-carrying kites, of cross country journeys on stilts, of herb Iff ---r KW It) collecting expeditions 1WU leer, above sea level, are as vivid as ihey are exciting. This fascinating account the first one from the tender was that some designs did not take into account the 130 ft.

of slit and mud at the bottom of the file Organising committer ftst year and he understood in i id of a way of life and a society quite foreign and well-nigh incredible to Western minds. The price, 226. that committee was now Yarra. Some desifcns nroDoscd that the bridee sunDorts should fall short of bedrock oy aoout teet. rne utan design, however, provided that all supports would reach the solid foundation beneath the silt.

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"MISSION COMPLETED" by Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry escape was a lengthy one. the delay could prove an embarrassment to the board, which was arranging to hire out the pool later this year. Mr, C. McDougall. a nrlnclpal of the building Arm, said last night: "No one told us about It within six months.

First I knew of It was when I read about in In "The Age" today." The structural engineer for the pool (Mr. W. L. Irwin), who has made an Inspection of 'the pool, said no one had given him instructions, or authority, to carry out tests to discover where the water has gone. He said he had worked under contract to the Olym- Cr.

Coleman said the eontract for the pool provided for maintenance by lie builder for six months after the Olympic Games. The water-loss vas first detected in April, within the stipulated period. Cr Coleman added that the board of management was in a difficult position. The Olympic Garnet wind-up committee had not finally settled payments with McDougall and Ireland and nnlil this happened no maintenance would be done. He said there were several minor jobs to be done and, 11 the remedy to the water- In addition, the time factor in the delay to traffic In Flinders Street also went in favor of Utah, he said.

On the company's estimate of the time for the project, the delay to traffic was about elfht months, compared with up to 15 months or more with other tenders. He said there would have been "very little diiTerence" In price between tenders had other tenderers offered to do the extra work proposed in the Utah tender. Sir Thomas Maltby was replying to criticism from the building Industry on the granting of the tender to an American subsidiary company over Australian engineering firms. Another factor that had to be considered in the selection of the successful A CRAZE FOR THE OLD-STYLE CANE HOOP hot replaced the skipping rope for many Victorian ichool girls. This happy group of "hoopers" was pictured at Atherstone C.E.G.G.S., in Sandringham.

They are, from left, back row, Patricia Sabey, Barbara Davey, Joanne Catlin. Front, from left, Robyn Stewart, Ann Nevill, and Margaret Fooke. The personal story of a great man of action. He writes of The Minister disclosed that the Utah tender of almost 2,500,000 was amongst the highest of the seven tenders received. One local firm is bellred to have submitted a tender to build the bridge for 1,800,000.

No Delays Sir Thomas Maltbv de defunct. The administrative director for the Olympic Games (Mr. P. W. Nette) said: "The committee is finished.

It's not our responsibility. We built It for the Games and handed it over to the board as a sort of gift long ago. Meanwhile, where the water has gone remains a mystery. Mr. Irwin said last night: "Frankly, we do not know where it is leaking.

"If I were called in." he added. "I would first inspect the 165-ft. long inlet channel at the bottom of the pool. This Is supposed to let water in. but could have a fault and let It out Instead.

"If that's not the answer I would closely examine the 20,000 square feet on concrete walls and base for faults and then paint it with carefully chosen finish. "I do not think the ex his early life as a young officer in Iraq and India, then of his recall to England at the outbreak of war. He was the first to sieht the "Scharn- Committee to Promote, Study Industrial Safety clared that the 3,676,000 project would not be held up by arguments over who was going to pay and in wnat proportions. The Government would horst" and the "Gneisrnau" on their way to Norway and France, with his Blenheim Squadron. He was shot down and taken prisoner, then followed a series of captures and escapes.

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the A Parliamentary L.C.P. committee will examine Drivers and Cars Get Service Here A new 90,000 service station, opened in West Melbourne yesterday by Rhodes Motor offers something revolutionary in Australian motor garages service for the driver as well as for his car. State's industrial safety laws and will recommend improve- pansion Joints are the Bid to End Carpenters' Union Split A move to achieve amal settle any arguments, by legislation if necessary. The Government re- that the Melbourne ity Council should pay 30 per cent, of the cost, the South Melbourne council 15 per cent, and the Government 65 per cent gamatlon of the two rival R.S.L. May Sell a Rare City Block Work would begin as scheduled later this year and should be completed by the middle of i960.

carpentering unions in Victoria will be made at a meeting of carpenters called for Monday night. The secretary of the Building Workers' Industrial Union (Mr. J. Chandler), trouble. If anything has happened for a pine to break under the pool, that Is outside my province." Other Cases Heidelberg consulting engineer, Mr.

E. T. M. Stevens, who built painted-cement pools at Castlemalne (1948) and Hamilton (1955), said last night new pools usually lost a little water but "took up" quickly "We lost 5000 gallons the first day at Castlemalne but It settled down within a few days. In experience I have never heard of concrete walls proving porous." The superintendent ot One of the fete vacant blocks of land in Collins Street near Spring Street may be sold by the Victorian Returned Servicemen's League.

which is supporting the amalgamation move, claimed last nleht that 120 deleirates As well as offering every ripe of service for General Motors-Holden's vehicles, tlie new station has a fully equipped barber's shop, with supplies of tobacco and cigarettes, and a shocshine lervice. Motorists can recline In ease, while they watch their cars being serviced through vide glass windows. In addition a smart hos- from about 45 building jobs would attend. But the rival Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, which has boy ments. The chairman of the committee (Mr.

Snider, MIA) said la3t night the committee would study safety laws of other States so that the best features of Industrial safety could be added to those in Victoria. It would also consider the general question of accident prevention In Industry. Mr. Snider said this did not necessarily mean the Introduction of legislation. The committee would, however, encourage an education campaign among employers and employes that could be recommended to ensure that the greatest care was taken in factories and on building projects.

The committee would consider regulations governing scaffolding, the safety of boilers and safety measures for machinery. Soil Film to Go on Tour A documentary film showing the practical application of soil conservation measures in the Snpwy River area will be shown at a free film night at Casterton on July 29. Other films on the pro cotted the meeting, last night Issued a warning to ENJOY A WEEK-END SEA TRIP TO SYDNEY BOOK NOW M.V. "WESTRALIA." FRIDAY. AUGUST t.

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UB1M1. Ilot el Comfort and Service While You Travel GOOD ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE. With It would go hopes of establishing an R.S.L. club in Melbourne that belonged to the league and not to a sub-branch. Yesterday, on the third and last day of the Victorian R.S.L.

conference at the Assembly Hall, a two-thirds majority passed a recom- teas. In a tailored blue uniform, dispenses free refreshments while service is being carried out. The lubritorium Is painted red. white and blue and is fitted with gleaming chrome-plated equipment. The new station occupies 40.000 square feet and Is situated at the corner of King and Roden Streets.

West Melbourne. The spare parts counter opens on to the King Street footpath, to enable drivers to buy spares without leaving their cars. The general sales manager of General Motors-Holden's (Mr. H. A.

Cavanaugh). who opened the service station, said that although it was not the biggest in Australia, it was certainly the most modern. building and rented it as a car park. Officials believe today it would be worth between 65.000 and 80,000. The Australian Comforts Fund grant stlpuated that the money establish a servicemen's club.

But the Lord Mayor (Sir Frank Selleck) who investigated costs and nrobable in Its members that the meeting was a boeus one. City Council pools (Mr. Prank Raven) said: "None of our pools lose water. The Carlton and North Melbourne pools have painted sides. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOg GARAGES Mr.

Chandler said his union would propose that an association linking the two rival unions should be established. AdTfrtlarmrnt There have been two come for the R.S.L., told the gramme, which is being sponsored by the Soil Conservation Authority and the State Film Centre, will deal with the activities of Young Farmers' clubs and with flood reconstruction work. The programme will also be shown later at Grlnge-galgona, Coleralne, and "GARAGES," wuitrt to Column. Pale 61 The Bcaurepaire pool at the Melbourne University lost water In the early stages unions covering Victorian carpenters since 1950, when conference a basement and two floors would cost 210,091. and the league mendatlon to the property trustees that the land be sold and the money given to R.S.L.

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