TOWN-PLANNING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 38, 4 July 1914, Page 5

TOWN-PLANNING.

INTERESTING LECTURE PROMISED.

There is not the -lightest dojll that ' tlip mission of Mr \V. R. David*-. F. 5.1., ' A.R.1.8.A.. A.M.J.C.E.. (Tendon County Councill and Mr. Charles C. Reade (or- i ganisc r of the Australa-ian Town Planning Tour) in favour of town planning ] has arou-<'d considerable intere.-t I throughout the Dominion. Mr Reade ] has {pent a very busy montii preparing for the reception of his distinguished tolleague, and has been literally inundated with enquiries, and requests for l«ctures. "The intercut in Town Plan- ■ aing," he says, "is a fair indication tliat many people in New Zeah'nl are ♦ager to see their towns and citie|»rcgiess on more comprehend c line' and with' a greater consideration f<ir Civic attractions, orderliness and beauty. Too many of our towns -traggle into existence along the lines of old-fash-i< ned checker-board plan. The coiiscIjuence is their appearance i-, often monotonous and characterless. To remedy .this, it is e-sential that they jdiouhl he icquainted with what townplanning (has done anil if- doing in England and Germany, in France. America and other countries." It i- also essential they »lrouM reafil-e the trementl'itis burden and strain put upon other citio, of other countries' through neglecting to look ahead and avoid the c.i:-i of ill-controlled gro'.ith, congestion, and over-«-pccul:itio!i in land. If New Zealand neglect* the of Europe and America, vr fail'- to b.viid'd by th 'ir mi-fortun- - and M>r-ial tragedie-. ber rit!;= m i-r -i-nv< r or I'ter be plunged intu a iim'ar i:oni mic and vocial morris. tb-it hj, the la-t fifty years .ilone bn- chockc] and ~tult.lied millions of live- in t' <■ -'tun- and lingeries of wc-t'm civili^f'n. |'.,ivn I Manning is not merely a drawing of u member of Tines on paper, of beautifying a few streets, and public squares, it is something much deeper which =eeks to rectify th» mi tak<s and blunders in civic life ari-ing from want of proper thought and care Itf-fiiichand.