ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1824, 9 August 1913, Page 5

ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS.

EFFECT OF NEW BILL. IThe effect,which the passing of the New Zealand ..Institute of Architects Bill, nowi before Parliament, would have upon, the position of municipal engineers was discussed at a conference vjhich took plaoe yesterday, between the Major of Wlinston (Mr. J. P. Luke), and thoMayor of Auckland (Mr. C. J. Pair) ; the Town Clerk of Wellington (Mr. J. Pal®f) and the Town Clerk of Auckland (Mr. W. H. Wilson) were also present. It was agreed that it was possible chat the passing of the Bill might seriously prejudice the municipal bodies. An instance that was pointed out by Mr. Parr was the projected expenditure of about .£IO,OOO by the Auckland City Council <m the erection of new stables. In the ordinary course the • preparation of the plans in such a building and the supervision of the work would bo earned out by tho city engineer and, his draughtsmen. The now electrical power station in Auckland, which cost some -£20,000, m instanced as another example. 'In this case, tho work was done by •the.ielectrioal engineer. The same remarks apply to various other structures whioh niunicipal. bodies uro constantly orecting. ' ' "The objeot of the Bill," said Mr. Parr ia an interview last evening, 'is apparently to prorid© that no oito whx> is not & registered Architect shall bo allowed to do this class of work, and the conditions of registration presumably will be such as to exclude municipal engineers. The Auckland Oity Council, I am sure, will desire to be heaTd with a view to having municipal work' excluded from the operations of the Bill. On my return to Auckland I will rooommwid the # council to take immediate action in conjunction vrith the .Wellington City Council, with the view of having the Bill referred to a committee, so that the matters referred to may bo duly ventilated. An appeal ia made by the British Committee for the Celebration of tho Hundred Years' Peace among English-speaking peoplo for subscriptions towards a fund for purchasing Sulgrave Abbey, the ancestral home,of the Washington family, erecting a peace memorial at Westminster Abbey, and the foundation of a Chair of Anglo-America History, with an endowment for providing prizes for essays by children at. elementary arid secondary schools on subjects affecting Anglo-Amer-ican peace. About .£OO,OOO is required foT these and other purposes, for iironohial Coughs and Colds, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Ib. 6d.'»