BUILDING A CITY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2200, 13 July 1914, Page 10

BUILDING A CITY

.PICTURES OF TOWN-PLANNING. , "Town-planning-is a subject which is receiving more and moro attention from the Press and people of Australasia," says Mr. W. M. Hughes, late AttorneyGeneral in the Federal Ministry. It is a subject which vitally concerns, all classes,. as. the free' lantern lecture at. the Town Hall by Mr. W. R. Davidge, F.S.L, A.R.1.8.A., A.M.I.C.E. (London County. Council), and Mr. Charles C. Reade will prove amid all the; interest and fascination, which surrounds this absorbing topic. Mr., Davidge is exceptionally.'., well informed of the developments in Europe and America, .altogether apart from his professional asso-' 1 ' ciation with the British Garden Cities and Town-Planning Movement. Both he and. Mr. Reade bring a remarkable collection of slides illustrating tlie lat- ■ est phases of tho movement, and his lecture, here should bo listened to with the deepest interest, bearing as it will upon local problems and-difficulties in ■New Zealand cities, arising from the absence of'caro and forethought'in .controlling their growth. The lecturers will bo able'to show that, as Sir, William Lever .declared recently to a big public gathering in Sydney, it is fundamentally a matter ,of sound. business principle. Too; many people are apt to that tho movement is simply a craze for planting trees or giving people; so-called "arty" homes to 1 live in without regard to expenditure 'of capital.; Tlie' lecturers will disillusionise people on these points, as well as slipwirig how the'general well- ■ being !and attractiveness of towns .. depend primarily upon orderly planning beforehand and intelligent anticipation of public needs. The first to he delivered by Messrs. Davidge and Reade on townplanning for New -Zealand will takeplace in the Town Hall on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The Mayor (Mr. J l . P. Luke) will preside.