The Highest Job In Town

"The highest job in town" could well be the claim of the many workmen engaged in the construction of the impressive new five-story T and G building on the Glad-stone road-Grey street corner. They have become a com-mon sight to passers-by in the street below as they clamber over the concrete giant like ants.

"Photo News" recently took the plunge and joined them in their precarious abode to capture these pictures of them calmly going about their jobs.....with nothing but the scaffolding boards and thin air between them and the street seventy feet below.

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Clerk of Works, Mr Tom Williams, keep an eye on things from the roof

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Glaziers, Colin McLeod and John Rowe, fitting windows with a pamorama of city roofs behind them

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Working high above the street has its attractions

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Foreman, Snow Mepham, removing form work bolts

Two views taken from the top of the T and G building using a 105mm telephoto lens.

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Looking north-west up Gladstone road with the clock tower in the foreground and the Roebuck road intersection in the distance.

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Looking south-east down Gladstone road across the Bright, Peel, and Lowe street Intersections to the Gladstone road bridge, A portion of Kaiti and Nob hill are in the background.