BUILDING BY-LAWS.
STRICTER CONTROL URGED. DISCUSSION BY ARCHITECTS. By Telegraph.—Press Association Napier, Last Night. At the meeting of the council of the Institute of Architects, Mr. L. D. Coombs moved, and Mr. H. Mandeno seconded, that the Government be requested to require counties and boroughs to frame suitable building bylaws. The mover said buildings in Otago did not seem to be under any control. One saw all sorts of things that were really shocking. In Central Otago he had seen scrim and paper stretched across studs without any lining, seven foot spans between Jloor joints, and bad timber used. An amendment by Mr. I. E. Greenish, that the council take into consideration of the advisability of requesting the Government to bring in legislation to standardise the constructional bylaws of various municipalities was lost, and the motion carried.
It was also resolved that all local bodies be written to requesting them to frame building by-laws which will provide the minimum requirements consistent with good building.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1921, Page 5
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164BUILDING BY-LAWS. Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1921, Page 5
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