HOUSING CONGRESS.
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MEXICO CITY MEETING. (From Our Correspondent.) ELLINGTON, Thursday. Xew Zealand will probably be represented at an international housing and town planning congress to be held in -Mexico City next Notification of which is being arranged |-y the International Federation for Housing and Town Planning, has already been received by town planners and civil engineers in the Dominion. • ■ 0! > tS . W reports and discussions "HI include underground planning embracing subway traffic, underground parages, foundation work, safety "of the public against aerial and pas "attacks. Howl. fire, noise and earthquakes: housing in tropical and sub-tropical countries covering phases ran-ins from actual construction to economic and social conditions; and the planning of recreation and the use of leisure time to be dealt with under the heading of community centres, sports and playgrounds allotment gaidens. parks p„d national parks, touring and canii.MiT and preservation and development' of natural areas.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 5, 7 January 1938, Page 9
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