New County Offices Opened

The new £45,000 office block of the Waimea County Council was opened by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Local Government, Mr Seath, last month. The new offices, on Queen Street, Richmond, are now closer to the Main area administered by the council. The new block has all the space and amenities not available to it in the old building in Trafalgar Street. A big council chamber is located on the ground floor along with a Modern cafeteria and public office and the second floor is occupied by the engineering and drafting staff.

The new council offices

The council, at its first Meeting in the new chamber. From left: Messrs F. O'Connor, G. Johnston, A. E. Wratt, G. E. Fry, R. G. Macky, B. W. B. Cooper (engineer), J. L. Borlase (chairman), C. W. Cannington, (county clerk), P. D. Tait, J. B. Greenslade, M. R. Borlase, A. Mathewson.

About 100 guests, many of them representatives of local bodies, attended the opening function.

Mr Cannington at work in his new office.

A view of the public office and counters

The spacious drafting room in which work Jim Wareing, Mac Mackenzie and David Blunt

Mr Seath after accepting a gift from contractor Bill Gibbons.

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The Nelson Photo News

No 65 : April 2, 1966

New County Offices Opened