BETTER HOMES, BETTER TOWNS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2201, 14 July 1914, Page 6

BETTER HOMES, BETTER TOWNS

; 'FREE AID BY EXPERTS. It was Lord Plunket who had the temerity to publicly criticise our domestic architecture, but it was left-to; his successor/Lord Islington; to declare with vigorous candour that New Zea< land towns and cities had. not advanced in town-planhiiiE as' much as had other parts of the Empire. His bold advocacy of morei enlightened methods in improving our towns did not stop'short when he gave up office as Governor of the Dominion. He became.patron of the Australasian Town-Planning Tour organised by Mr. C. C. Reade'on behalf of the Garden Cities and. To.wn-Planning Association of Great Britain. Over 1000 special lantern slides have' been prepared," 'illustrating' the town-plannmg achievements of Groat Britain, with.its remarkable development.in garden cities, of Germany and Franco with then wealth of beautiful garden's, tree-lined boulevardes, and public buildings; also of America, where ornamental parkways encircling city outskirts, children's play, grounds, and'domestie architecture havo made such headway in recent jears. An opportunity of hearing and learning the most useful methods in townplanning that can best apply to New Zealand conditions will be given to tho xesidents of 'Wellington to-morrow evenfog, at 8 o'clock, in the Town Hall, when Mr. Davidge and Mr. Reade will give a special illustrated discourse, entitled "Town-Planning for New Zealand:'' Mr. Davidge is by profession an engineer, architect, and surveyor, and 'may be regarded as a leading authority . from the heart of the largest city of the world. Tlie lecture will be free..'