H.Z. MATERIALS
INSTRUCTION TO ARCHITECTS [Pee Unites Phess Association.] WELLINGTON, August 6. Cabinet instruction has- been giveis that architects in private practice must stipulate the use of New Zealand products or materials when preparing plans and specifications for Government buildings, provided that these materials are suitable and that they can be purchased on a comparable price basis, according to an announcement by _Mr Sullivan. “ The Government architect and his officers, acting in accordance with the Government’s policy, have always stipulated the use of New Zealand products or materials in Government buildings when they could be purchased on a comparable price basis, which takes into account the measure of preference extended toward New Zealandmade goods,” said the Minister. “ Thia has not always been the case when plana and specifications for Government buildings have been prepared by architect* in private enterprise,- but, as a result of Cabinet’s decision, this procedure will be followed from now on.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23029, 6 August 1938, Page 14
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