WORK OF SURVEYORS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 September 1938, Page 11

WORK OF SURVEYORS

PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ZEALAND. PRESENTATION OF BEQUEST MEDALLION. By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, August 30. Remarking that, with the march of progress, people were apt to forget the monumental part played in the development of New Zealand by the pioneers, prominent among whom were surveyors, who faced danger, difficulty, hardship and privation, the mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, extended an official welcome to delegates from all parts of the Dominion who attended the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors. Mr G. K. Grierson, president of the institute, who was in the chair, returned thanks for the welcome to Auckland. A feature of the conference was the presentation to Mr E. V. Blake, Auckland, of the Fulton Bequest Medallion for the best technical subject dealt with during the year by a member of the institute. This was the first award of the medallion, and the paper submitted by Mr Blake was entitled “Surveying, a Major Factor in TownPlanning.” Satisfaction with the reframing of the Act which after July 1, 1939, will guide the practice of surveying in New Zealand, was expressed in the annual report of the council. Mr Grierson said that the institute owed a debt of gratitude to Mr H. E. Walshe, SurveyorGeneral, and his officers for their willing co-operation and wise guidance in the reframing of the Act, and also to the Hon F. Langstone for sponsoring the Act, which had removed anomalies that had existed from the inception of the institute. The president added that during the year members had found that their professional services had been more fully in demand. He also paid a tribute to the Attorney-General, the Hon H. R. G. Mason, for having helped in untold ways. Officers were elected as follows:— Vice-president, Mr M. CromptonSmith; councillors, Messrs H. L. P. Dyett and M. Gandar. Mr Grierson continues as president for another year. Mr Walshe was elected a fellow of the institute for his distinguished services to the profession as SurveyorGeneral and his assistance to the institute in its efforts to maintain the status of the profession. Seventy-three delegates attended the conference.