Air Raid Shelters, Ann Street, Brisbane, c 1945. The Courier-Mail 12 April 1945 22 SHELTERS STILL TO GO 48959482 ) About 22 of the 61 air-raid shelters to be knocked down under the City Council's contract with the Moffat Construction Company have yet to be demolished. Mr. O. C. C. Moffat said yesterday that his five men were still averaging one shelter a day, working now on the brick shelters in Eagle Street. Four of these were left, and Albert and Ann streets remained to be done. He had been unable to get more men from Manpower authorities. At present one was sick, but they were forging
Air Raid Shelters, Ann Street, Brisbane, c 1945. The Courier-Mail 12 April 1945 22 SHELTERS STILL TO GO 48959482 ) About 22 of the 61 air-raid shelters to be knocked down under the City Council's contract with the Moffat Construction Company have yet to be demolished. Mr. O. C. C. Moffat said yesterday that his five men were still averaging one shelter a day, working now on the brick shelters in Eagle Street. Four of these were left, and Albert and Ann streets remained to be done. He had been unable to get more men from Manpower authorities. At present one was sick, but they were forging through. Mr Moffat, has not heard from the Government about his offer to build houses under the State scheme. Whether the Government was interested in the scheme or not, he would build concrete houses here after the war he said.
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