THE NEW DELHI.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1924, Page 4

THE NEW DELHI.

LONDON, .March il. T! (. w~t i-: mi il'' 1 liew Delhi. the capital nf India. which has lieon in j)l'.'press for the last twelve vein’s, is advaneinp snlisfaeioriL towards eomplelion. Sir hid win Lutyens, the architect, wlio landed in Kurland on Saturday from his annual visit ol in sjk-v« ion . said to a reporter:

Tile work during the past year has gone well and the visible progress is amazing. All heavy underground work has been completed. Seventy per cent of the residential bungalows are finished, and all forces are now concentrating on the central buildings so as to be able to complete the projeef by the winter of 1929-7.

The princes’ private palaces are in course of erection, while the great Mar Memorial, War Museum, and the Record Office have all been begun. Since the financial arrangements lor the work have been reorganised we can proceed without tiny ulterior financial thought. Great credit is due to .sir Hugh Keeling. l>v whose energy and work it will he possible for the completion to he carried out according to schedule. Sir Hugh has supervised the project since it-, conception. The intention of the Government is that the great buildings shall be do-, corated entirely by Indian craftsmen, | and it is a splendid opportunity that the Government lias taken in .encour-

aging tlifs new sphere of Indian no-' complishment under modern conditions. The model of the central buildings, will I>e shown in the Indian section of the Rritislf Empire Exhibition at Wenililoy. This will allow the English public to obtain an idea of the grandeur and magnificence of the new city. ■ t