Personal.

Progress, Volume XIV, Issue 10, 1 June 1919, Page 527

Personal.

, Cable advice has been received that Private Horace L. Massey, son of Mrs. W. H. Massey, of Esplanade Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, has won the Daily Mail prize of £suu for architectural designs. The competition was open to all architects in England and Scotlond, there being .3000 competitors. Private Massey is also the holder of a New Zealand Expeditionary Force scholarship with a currency of three years. Prior to enlistment he was in the office of Messrs. Hoggard and Prouse and W. H. Gummer, of Auckland, and was a frequent competitor in

"Progress" Students' Competitions, many of which he won.

We are glad to hear that Mr Mannings, who read such an excellent paper at the recent Town. Planning Conference in Wellington, is about to join the old established firm of Collins and riarinan, architects, of Christchurch. The firm will open a branch office in Wellington m the Dominion Farmers' Institute .Buildings, with Mr Munmn'gs in charge. The experience Mr Munnings has nad in India and elsewhere makes him a valuable man for this country, and it is gratifying to know mat he is not leaving New Zealand.

Mr. Edward Bartley, architect of" many years standing, in Auckland, was "round dead in bed at the end of last month. Among the buildings designed by the late Mr. Bartley are the Auckland Savings Bank, the Jewish Synagogue, and the Opera House.