Minister Wants Standard Building Code
* ▼ • • k «" NAPIER, Feb. lo. Standarcl codes for building by-iaws, laying down iuininmui requireinents, had been approved by the Hovernment but had no't been adopted in many municipalities, said the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Parry, when opeuing the Municipal Oonference tonight. The Minister said he believed there shonld and •* would be complete unanimity of thought on this l|latteJ•. He intended to call a conference between the IMunicipal Association and (xoyerpment representatives witliin a week or two to formulate an acceptabie procedure on which the standard eodes could be implemented on a uniform national basis. .The Minister could give no indication of Government policy on fn-e-Iight-ing but said the change in the administration recommended by the Ballantyne Pire Commission and the original proposals made by the Municipal Association and other organisations, were receiving^fullest consideration.
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 February 1949, Page 3
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