DUNEDIN TOWN HALL
Sir,-Dr. Finlay’s statement concerning the acoustic properties of the Dunedin Town Hall takes me back a little further than 20 years. Should it not be stated that somewhere about World War I the Dunedin City Council held a competition for designs for their new Town Hall? Was the competition not won by C, Fleming McDonald, of Dunedin, at that time one of the leading architects in the Dominion? Was the Town Hall not built on Mr, McDonald’s prize-winning plan? You will find that this is so, » Mr. McDonald, who later, for health reasons, moved to Auckland, was recognised as one of the leaders of his profession in the Dominion, and there are several.buildings and banks which testify to this effect. Mr. McDonald also designed and built several churches, in all of which the acoustic properties are everything to be desired. To be fair to the memory of one who many citizens of Dunedin and elsewhere loved and respected, let us in this matter, give credit to whom credit is due.
LOYALTY
(Invercargill).
(The Town Clerk .of Dunedin informs us that a competition for the design of the Town Hall,- held in New Zealand and Australia in 1913, was won by H. Mandeno.-Ed.) :
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 469, 18 June 1948, Page 5
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