HOSPITAL DISPUTE

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1926, Page 8

HOSPITAL DISPUTE

THE ENGINEER RESIGNS TROUBLE AT AUCKLAND. A RESIGNATION ASKED FOR. br Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. lhe resignation of the Auckland Hospital Board’s consulting engineer Mr. A. J. Walker, was accepted and the resignation of the architect, Mr. G. W. Allsop, was asked for by the board thia evening, following a discussion of the report of the Royal Commission which inquired into the administration of the board’s affairs. The board went into committee to discuss the report. It had before it the resignation of Mr. Walker, who said that in view of the report of the commissioner, Mr. A. Gray, K.C., the only honourable course open to him was to resign. -After about an hour’s debate the board passed a resolution accepting Mr. Walker's resignation and asking the architect 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. Allsop by the chairman, Mr. W. Wallace, this evening. Mr. Wallace later made a statement that Mr. Allsop had intimated that he would accede to the request contained in the resolution. Mr. Allsop also informed Mr. Wallaae that it was his intention to proceed abroad for about two years, and that during his tour he would be on the lookout for the latest developments in boss pital architecture.