AUCKLAND HOSPITAL
ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT RESIGN. BY Telegraph ■ ui.es association Auckland, November 23. The resignation of the Auckland Hospital Board’s consulting engineer (Mr. A. J. Walker) was accepted, and the resignation of the architect (Air. G W. Allsop) was asked for bv the board this evening, fallowing discussion of the report of the Royal Commission which inquired into the administration of the boaid’s affairs. i'he bon'd went into ccmnuNr'- to discuss the report. It had .bqfore it the re?' s ti-i tic-1- of Mr. Walker, who sat-.l that in view of th-* report of ‘he 5-m:m.-sioner (Mr. A. Gray, K.C.),.the only honourable course ojien to him was to resign. After about nn hour’s debate the board passed the resolution accepting Mr. Walker’s resignation and asking the r.rchitect to tender his resignation. A clause in the resolution' said that if Mr. Allsop declined to accede to the request his engagement as sole architect to the board should be terminated. The decision of the board was conveyed to Mr. Allson bv the chairman (Mr. W. Wallace) this evening. Mr. Wallace later made a statement that Mr. Allsop had intinnted that lie would accede to the rermest contained in the resolution. Mr Allsop also informed Mr. Wallace that it was his intention to proceed abroad for about two vears and That during’ bis tour he wou'd be on the look out for the latest developments in hospital architecture.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 51, 24 November 1926, Page 6
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235AUCKLAND HOSPITAL Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 51, 24 November 1926, Page 6
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