TOWN-PLANNING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 42, 10 July 1914, Page 4

TOWN-PLANNING.

tiw PonTiiccwmc; lecture. It is hardly necessary t 0 assure t . 1(! public of .New pivmoiifh tliat the free lantern lecture by ilr W R Dfividge, F. 8.1.. A.K.1.8.A., AMICr' [ (London County Council), at the The' I'.atrc Royal 0 n Friday, at » p.m wil' be worth their time as providing a most interesting insist into this very- important topic. The. mldres* will be a summary of tin lecture* ffivon senarCharles C. ]i..|itl(> m the cities. The whole ran"-,. ti f town-p)amiin<? will hi expla.mc.l and abundantly illustrated Mr. Davidge i,. anions' the most active town-planners „.f Britain. ■Ho is x master of three professions-architect wvil en-inoer and surveyor; his trainins lias manifestly qualified him well for the sroat work to which lie is devotmg himself. !i, U „,, fj o , id dl . eani . or; he is a Hr.ekor and practical expert ;v.io doe: the thing, he talk,-, about so irtorostiiK.']'.-. . The lecture itself will l,e ( ,f absorb!,,- ■»™\ "",'' f "^ ! nat'oii. Mr. divide;. will net only i,k v his audience on tour HiroUßi. the UntMi S arden cities. C municipal i own-planning work A splendid exposition of the remarkable inoprrw ot f,Vi«i:m oitiot* anf l l low t |.ev provide for ,parks, pm Mp, hnildinoi sehools, churches etc., in anticipation'of the speed of the town will 1,,,' „ m ph t it.h; and !e, idly explained hv a v ;. n ' /!-, '*"<* of illustrates and I lie iMuver will hare something to aV a..» 0„ {W »M, r M,ili ty of 7 X,1 towns don,.; likewise. As over lno Mr* -inayhown a ; ,d the (li "o,^ a ball, the audience i„, lv ]„ ok immTo a mrst mst.uctire address fro™ ;t\Tr;.; e - iv 'T l,K,wifci,<!onfl « i ™^»» " "l,j ,'*"'" 0nl '"- St ""tti'Titics on

Mr■ jririt to X,w Zealand l us bee, rendered possible hy the fact thU he has been invited to lav tie tlie ih ,v nml four liimdivd Rvitis?, *;?, *'''' ! " C ", t at W"««>iinio and 11 ny "«r month - BotU Md hw colleague (Mr. Charles O. Bead" are reading paper, before the ««gtm * *,