ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 2

ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.

IMPORTANT '■-:■■■ .'-'.; --.vy SOCIAL^EVENING." ; *'■ - \ :^ The conference' of' delegates- from the : ]i architects' and builders' organisations of New -Zealand,-which opened; '•'.-•.", day morning, concluded, yesterday afternoon. Its object's, and .results may be briefly, stated.:.The:kme' parties'.-held a--.,; conference at-Timaru in. 1905, and agreed;;', .C.-V to general; conditions,. under '.which icon-: ".'■ ■ tracts >ere..- to be carried;out.-;..; These conditions have been, in-force- until the ~.' present .time, but minor anomalies'and : difficulties :have':arisen,: which -both"par"-.-■"•. ties desired to have; removed." .The ;ob-y ]ect of iho conference which concluded : : H.:' yesterday was to. review .the whble'of tho ".; ■ ■•''■' general conditions, andydurin'g'' thV p«* ; V> ; ' ; ■ ceedings a number of" alterations ': and; ,i" '■ :: ■'■■■■■- additions were made, which, :it'is : be- ,';■ ll6Te d. will niake;,them moie; satisfactory ' ■!''.'"'• to all those concerned. It .has been ;;;-■' agreed that'the conditions as revised'Bh'all.y.. <'■'" stand good for five-years, unless any "vital -■ '■'"•'-: alteration is.mutually recognised as ne-:. cessary. -A local committee is to have;the'. ■'"''•'■• conditions drawn up: in. legal form with. .': . the assistance :.bf. the'. 1 solicitors, of bdth.y parties, and the" Institute'' of 'Architeiifci^,''!:.' will attend to the printing and distritraf' ■'■" ' tion. The - Hon.. G: " : M.'.-.Luke,..-.M.L.'CiI- : who acted~,as chairman,",was accorded;ii :: -'., hearty vote, of;thanks. :' -yvi-i'i V:;:.i!:i;f ; .'Delegates fraternised-with .local -arcniS''-"'- '' .tects and builders'.at Godber's; .Cuba- Street;Uast^cvening.Jwheß't: I ':'!'. tho visitors were entertainedby'the Wel- ; .'; : :. lingtori branches, of - the two organisations.:'-" ,Mr. ;J; ;Charle?worth,", president :of the : Wellington branoh of .the New Zealand; .:. -i : Institute ;-6f,' Architects,.: presided, and'.''.'". ■■■ was Supported by" Mr.S; L.Clarke;'-'presii ';•-.>' '. dent; of the "New .Zealand Federated i!i£l\i : ' :'.■;■■ :sociation of .Builders and: Contractors. '"''.?? ;"' V .Mr.';Clarke proposed..'the toast of the '£}:.:'■' chairman of. the'conference: (the-Hon.' C.' •' ' . M. ; 'Luke;>.M.L.C.):;y y:;; v , •;;:, rS,^-} , yy:, , -In thecoura of'his. response, Mr., Luke;'. . :-;.'■'.. ■ ;sa.id. : it:-had. been-a: . 6ide oyer .a gatherbg.'.'of; men/'. I:,'.' represe'nting.,two, suchVimportant.iiterKta"'; ".'■/.•' , ;as the architects and build'e^sr/Ohe'som^f...V times :h'eard 'criticisms : 6'£'the 4 .dc'sighs-,'of :: ''. "■:""■■■ .buildings in, this country^'particularly m.;'!.V':: ', our chief citiesi'and.on-the:way : in which'';.''.':. .those were: earned ,~6ntby ';'the":'. -' : . builders',- but he:thought wc'yhad'.in'.'puT''"-'li' ■ midst splendid evidences" of architectural'!?";■. skill and •pf:tke';c'apability:. , ofour,b\iildv;::' ers... Probably, \in no cities of -emial'siaj; ■ :. v . anywhere..in the world was- there ; to'W' : --- seen; a - higher; state; of;. architectural' peic ; ".r. > feqtiVjn than in the■ four: principal',cities ''''• cffNew Zealand.'-, We 'were justified"in-' '- being proud of what'had been: achieved &■"■?'*';'■'•' , this.countiy within a limited'period;'-'ln-:. '.': .this ■ connection,' probably : no more ; ■ im-:( -'■'' . portalit gathering hadthe:, conference; of I the - : " last:; -. tw : o'; days.- ~.'''.'. .Questions, difficult of-solution'-had come?' ; "'•'-' : before;■; the .'delegates,'■ and; the:'two ifo'rees -".,' „' had, been at; times' 'more 'or less' strained, '■'*'■■•'' but;the difficulties had'been-:met'in'-'tho'ii--'--'.-'-'-true - British ..spirit -of conciliation;- and ■'■ • ■'', , ''5 a ,?/-'!it en ' wiyed-'inifc'way which.showe'd■..'•;',' .that- tho gentlemen who;• toot.-part■ we're: !';■-. •;■' : ; actuated: by.': the: loftiest.;conceptions '•'of ■':•:■. ''■■■/ \ duty.to thep.ublic at'large.- Ho' felt that '■?-'■>■■ ■ it .wasino ;inean. honour:-.to'-;.; have'.. •" . 'chosen, to", preside at."such: a .gathering.'-.''' I : During - his. ■ career as a' :■ :public man,-' ■'• ■• ■ . thought :he- had;.presided- over • as' many.: ■• . ." .gatherings as any man,in this citv,,if not;.- : ; : .'"in; the- Dpminion. and the. task 'of preside* ■■''.. I ing: had never: been ah casier'-one :than'"t- ''-■':: :. at the,late conference.i-'Tliat.spoke.xvol.V;'..:': ! :umes .for., the, representatives-of .-.the. two'■-■• ''■■ : great,, interestsico'nnected: withibnilding; l -:,,..:-:■.-''•■: _ '■■'.- A .capital entertainment pTOßrammejWasiy" v '. 'supplied by: .Messrs; :K~ J. ;Hill, -;•; J., P. .V>. ■ Carr,.' 'A;'-'Newton,'.:;..C.-' : -Robertson,;-::.W, .'-'.'>'••'- : ; MTLaughlin,- ahd.Brown: (smoke sketches.'-- 1 '" . Letc'.);-';.:A visiting:delegate; Mr.-, N. Meuli-'-'-'v- .- (Wahganui); also:contributed'-: ai'i'recita/-:"' ■'' J- tion.-which elicited: an;; encore^. i.i-.'i : : ■"...: -. fi, '■