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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 150, 22 December 1911, Page 7

Whilethe present Government or any prospective Government ie making the final eelection of plans :or the new Parliament Boildingfi, Kew Zealandeis have an excellent opportunity to study tha designs Submitted by various architects who competed for the prizes. The December lseue of Progress is mainly devoted to architecture, and gives twentyfour pages of excellent reproductions of the drawings made by tha Parliament competitors, including ' perspective sketches, the principal floor plans and detail -work. All styles of architecture a f e in the eeriee, which should keenly interest all members of the proleeeiou, and amateurs who have a care for the science and art of building. It is a chance for competent critics to compare the winning deigns with those which "also etarted." but those who make comparisons should not overlook the restrictions placed upon the competitors. The conditions and the judgment of Colonel Vernon are printed a 6 a preface to the architectural section. In audition, the current number of Progress gives clear photographs of the interior of the Auckland Town Hall, and ceiling decorations ,in private homes. The engineering section has a concise description and illustrations of the new Tesla revereible steam turbine, which is making a notable stir in engineering circles in Britain and America. As a supplement the architectural section. " Proposed Parliament Buildings," ig ako 6et out. The reproductions are on special art paper (printed on only one side), and tho eeparate drawings can be easily detached for close comparison. In ehade, tone, and outline the sketches- please the <?>e. The neatness, and completeness of the photographic plates in the supplement ehould appeal irresistibly to architects. Messrs. Brand and Johnston insert partidtilars in oth- auction -columns of the final clearing salo of £1000 worth of jewellery, by order of the assignee in 1 the assigned estate of Givishahci-, Christchurch. The stilt) will tain plurv in their rooms to-morrow at 10.30 o'clock. Ths Robertson Auctioneering Co. will sell to-morrow v.-atchee, jeweller}, nad ■eunariefl, at 2 p.ai..