"HANDS ACROSS."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 417, 28 January 1909, Page 6

"HANDS ACROSS."

EECICEOCrrY; AMONG STJEVEXOES."!

v/.:-> ; ':is'; : STO^^ •;.- 7 ■■■: Details of/a measure-., affecting ■'surveyors; ■;"■• ■/ which:it;is'intended : to- have;placed' before■ -Par■V.liament,'.. were given by'the'Hoh.' G. *l?. ;i <Eicb-. V.:, ; 7ardsoh 'atslhe annual' meeting of' the New Zea- '■'■■.■■; .land: Institute.'bf Surveyors' yesterday/:;. ' '•'■■ '-.'■ ■'-77 ' Mr. Eichardson: said, that;' 'at, the.'recent' con-'' .7 -ier'enbe.of. representatives "of:all -the; 7 asian- Surveyors' 'Boards, ' it was decided thati' :.;.■'•'-, ,after-1912, only - one examination for/surveyors y should' be held annually.-:'■; In ;the : Dominion'. ■■,"':'-.' there -was- now provision foV-two' 'examinations .>■■■;— one in Marchvand .the; other: in'September---. .'::^ l .^eaeK'•'•yeu..^''As''■the■'law■;^iriv'Newi'&ala'id' :,^ was.' ]':': at;.variance with the 'practice '''-wliicbJvii.y.rtas' :: : » proposed to;,adopt..two.-.years.hence;.,'\fi '■ sho'r.t \. : ;Act;.. making the .necessary -amendment -was 7 yiiecessary.. ;.,It was also.; intended, - to ■'' secure jl; power 'to recognise.tke".existing 'Australian re--;>ciprocal relations,, and to; acquire further; power :-;;, to" ; extend :those>'relatiohs to other ■ parts' of .i ; the;Enipirc.7 He was strongly in favour of the ■ .;-. proposal; to encourage'■,'• Imperial • reciprocity ;... 'among surveyors. -His. object -in:referring to ,'..',7: the matter was;that: members\might have an "".■'"■■'-. : opportunity- of expressing' assent or, dissent ;,■'" touching7Jegislatihg in, thej directions indicated; '■: 'V ■" He -took, it that all we're agreeable ■- to the fo's- .:,-.. tering of reciprocity, among 'surveyors, through-;-out the Empire.]. : New' Zealand'could-not. do a • :■:;: f great deal in 'the matter.Y All she:could do was vvV'to-say: " "Barkis: isTwillih-."■':•' " ■,' '777 Y, ,■" v ■ ,- Mr -' G- E- : : Adam's favoured the' introduction v . , of aclause in the Bill making examination.fees : higher.-'.Candidates in the. Dominion ■ were re-- " ?I ?ip d l ?;P a y'-only- one .guinea in .connection ■ .;,: -ivith each, examination,' whereas candidates in v : : the Commonwealth "were charged: five ■:, .:.-.for each examination.-';lt would/ he'thought,-be' wellto dissuade;candidates from going in for -i j P^ 8 ? 0 "'' ; 'According ■;.to,; remarks': which- ; i -:; had fallen from various members'it was ah-in-disputable'fact that -.- from;, a. money-making ■ point of view.-.' There-'- -■ . fore,.it, would be unkind, to prospective: cahdi---.-.-■-•:dates.:to contihueHhe presontlow scale of-fees '■"■' . ■". 'Mr. C.;'W.-Adams-.held;, that there -was '.no' ...esprit corps in the • profession.- Instead' of ■ ',-, all. helping one another,'.there was a lot of :;;-price-cuttiug.';Vv-,, ;-;.:,-,;. ■:.-,;,:. ' j.-" ■ .-■•- Another'' member: ; The - Government'' is - the ■■'■•-. greatest undercntter of; the.lot. ■•■:' 7'-V -No motion was..proposed in connection'witli ;.'-;the matter.;-,- -::-:•--::--:'-'., :;-;.i •■..