TOWN PLANNING

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 62, 13 March 1918, Page 11

TOWN PLANNING

. • —-— ♦ METHODS OF PROPAGANDA. _ A special meeting of the Greater Wellington Town Planning Association was held last night, Mr. T. Ballinger presiding. The ,main purpose o£ the meetingwas to consider "town planning propaganda." In the absence of Mr. Leigh Hunt, the subject was introduced by Mr G. Carwell Cooke. Mr. Cooke heartily . commended Mr. Hunt's suggestion which Was that active steps be taken to disseminate the- asso-. ciationV propaganda throughout the country. In order to bring the matter to a head, ho moved that "lantern lectures be arranged for in Wellington and in the various suburbs and in other parts of the Dominion, as might be found possible, dealing with the subject of town planning, so as to forcibly bring- before tho minds of the people the advantage'to be derived by tho establishment of such a eystehl.". . The motion was seconded by Mr. Peel, who, in stressing the necessity of soundly financing the proposed Work, announced that ho would donate £1 Is to further the propaganda. Mr. Lambert emphasised that there was as great a, need for. stimulating interest among members of the society as in the ranks of the outside public. In the course of a general discussion it was pointed out that the work should include the engagement of competent lecturers throughout the Dominioji. Education was tho keynote to the-situation. Tho motion was carried unanimously. The progress of the work in Nelson was touched upon by Mr. Bould, who said that it would eventually be found that the people of that town were following up the subject equally as enthusiastically as was the case in Wellington. Members then indulged in a comprehensive discussion, the burden of which was the desirableness of givihg- the public some lead in the selection of candidates for municipal offiues. This Was necessary in order to secure a better class of representatives on many municipal concerns which were at present run in a. very haphazard manner. In particular it was urged that a. better class of councillor bo brought forward for election on tho Wellington City Council. Then, and not until then, would the city come into its own. Tho matter will be discussed more fully at the general meeting.