TOWN PUNNING.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 140, 13 June 1919, Page 2

TOWN PUNNING.

The subject of "Homes for Workers" md open spaces" has been discussed at tthe Town -.Planning Conference, when Mrs C. P. Corliss said that Parliament •rounds in Wellington should be studded .vith seats for weary travellers, and that the State property around " the largest wooden building in the world" should be nade of use to Government servants who might be glad to go there in the lunch _our. Wellington -was very badly off for rest rooms for "women. More playing spaces for children were needed. Mrs. X. E. Ferner, of Auckland/said that the existence of open Spaces in our cities was of supreme importance. Mrs. R. L. Baume, speaking on the same subject mentioned that good surroundings would have an excellent effect on the characters of children. She could not imagine a child brought lip in beautiful surroundings growing up to be a mean man. But what could be expected of children brought up in some of the schools found in the cities of Xew Zealand?* The city beautiful would make the child beautiful. Anyone who would make »a success ii school architecture must have a good knowledge of teaching. All new schools should have an assembly hall. Mrs. N. E. Coad mentioned that she could not see why girls' playgrounds were not as big as boys* playgrounds. Wellington Boy*' College had fifty of ground, but the girls* college had only a little over one acre.