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Evening Star, Issue 22892, 25 February 1938, Page 12

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INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT During the course of his retiring address delivered to the annual conference of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers last night, the president, Mr J. M‘G. Wilkie, referred to the change of name of the organisation. , , If the change of t.he name, he said, dispelled the suggestion that it was a body of specialised engineers, the principal object would have been achieved. The original name had been “ Netf Zealand Society of Civil Engineers,” and the founders had intended _ that the society should be representative of all branches of the profession, therefore the scope of membership had not been in any way affected. In a young country such as New Zealand, it should be possible for one in-

stitution, combining all interests, to do immeasurably more towards the advancement' of engineering science than a number of small societies, each working towards the same end but adopting a different method of achieving one 'common object. The rapid advancement in engineering science in recent years called for the close collaboration of engineers skilled in the various branches of the profession, and Mr Wilkie said that there had been few large engineering works undertaken within recent years that did not call for the combined services of at least the civil, mechanical, and electrical engineer. It behoved engineers to realise that they could not be experts in all branches and that it was only by pooling their individual knowledge that they could win for their institution the distinction and honour jvhich were its aims.