CANBERRA A WARNING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1714, 3 April 1913, Page 7

CANBERRA A WARNING.

? — As the representative of the Institute of Architects of Now 'South IVnles. Mr. G. Sydney Jones, president, attended the ceremony recently held at Canberra, when tlie three foundation stones of the commencement column were laid. In the course of his presidential address on March 27 Mr. Sydney Jones held that it was tJieir ditty to remind the authorities wiio lmd control of tho progress of building the Federal capital city that they should guard most carefully against any al tempt to depart from the complete plan. The plan of the city of Washington was tampered with just after it had been laid out, with the result that the American nation had been put to huge expense to put into proper order parts that should never have been allowed to pass out of the nation's control. The greatest carl', therefore, would have to he exercised to prevent influence by interesteel parties being brought to bear upon th«"0 who would have control of the plan of tho city for years to come, to gain advantage by encroachments upon the public spaces," or by securing rights to which they should never be entitled. Colonel Vernon, in proposing a vote of thanks, endorsed the president's warning.