CITY ENGINEER.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 69, 21 March 1919, Page 8

CITY ENGINEER.

FAREWELLED BY STAFr A BUSINESS TRIP..

Members of tbe city engineering stall i I took the occasion to bid farewell to Mr. i jW. E. Hush. City Engineer, who is departing for the Cnited States aiid Europe j with a view to getting into touch with. the latest and most scientific* methods 1 of engineering abroad, at v little gather- j ing yesterday afternoon. Mr. .1. Tyler. | assistant engineer, on behalf of those j present, congratulated Mr. Mush that the ; Council had facilitated his trip abroad, 'and expressed the hope that he would I have a pleasant journey. Mr. Trove* ' .thick, chief draughtsman, presented Mr. [ I Hush with an enlarged photograph of, 'the- staff, suitably engraved. j Mr. Bush suitably responded. At the meeting "of the City Council | last evenim* the matter was alluded to j |hy tbe Mayor, who stated that this was! the last time the engineer would be with ! them for about nine months. It was ' i purely a business proposition, and in the J interests of the city. The principal mat- j '.ers the city engineer would be called j upon to investigate were matters relating ' : to roads and ♦he latest appliances used. ; the question of modem city government.] and housing conditions abroad. -'These | |i would require a visit to the Cnited States i J and Europe. , ' Mr. Bush, in respondint'. said he fully | I realised the responsibility that was i 'j placed on bis shoulders, and intended toi do his utmost to fulfil it. |