TOWN PLANNERS' CAMPAIGN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 153, 29 June 1914, Page 7

TOWN PLANNERS' CAMPAIGN.

FREE LANTERN" LECTI'EE- 1 . i Town p!anuin,2 usw been dleun-sed for 'eoicit tinn- ia New Zealand, and in all i the principal centres increasing aU-en-iticTi i« being ilpvoted to it. .It was ' Lord Plunkct who had' tire temerity u> ■piVc'ii.'iy criticiM- , oar domestic architecture! but his euocresnr Lord Islington j was much more outspoken in pointing out I that Ke.v Zealand towns and ciiiee had not advan.'pil in town planning at much (as had ntvier parts of the -Empire. His .■•indiil advocacy ..: more i-nlightenod methods in improving; our tr.wus did nat c.t.ip ehon .vii.-n In- gave ur> offi.-p as Governor nf the Dominion. .11? bwjmo patron of ilio Australasian T-iwn l'lan- ; niii- Tour organ"j«cil by Mr. Lliarlcß if. Rrade on hvhaif -of the Garden Cities ■and To«n Planning As.-oiiation of Great Britain. Mr. Roauo aiiu , hu-> colleague. .Mr. \V. R. Davidgo, begin the campaign :at Auckland on Monday July 6, at the ! Concert Chamber of ths Town Hall. The ', lecturci will be fully illustrated by all the latest photos and diagrams showing the rapid advances this movement has i made in favour oi better towns, more ! attractive lirnr.es and garden* and city bf'aiitirioaiiion. Over 1000 lantern slides have b. en colli ctp<i hy Mr. Rpane and Mr. Davidjte illustrating the Town i Planning achievements of Great Britain , with i.- remarlcable d-rvelom.-oit in Harden ( itie?. of Germany and France with • their w-cilth esf beautiful gardi-ns. tree- ! lined boulevardo.« and public buildinjn, j and alfo of America wh-ere the ornamen- ' i tal park-ways e-ncircling , city outskirts. ■ I children's playgTOundo and domestic, ' ' arohi:eet-ure have , m-ade headway : si - i recent years. Th-ere w;l! be no ehacge j for a-dmictlon.