BUILDING CODE
ENFORCEMENT NEEDED ’QUAKE RESISTANCE OPINION OF MINISTER (P.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. The recent earthquake had demonstrated the need for the enforcement of a comprehensive modern building code, said the Minister of Supply,,the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, yesterday. Expert examination had shown that buildings erected according to the latest knowledge of earthquake resistant construction had stood.the shocks well. ~ “Additional legislative authority may be necessary,” he said, “to secure the effective enforcement of - the standard code of building by-laws. It looks as if the mandatory application of the standard building code throughout the Dominion offers the only adequate means of affording protection against the loss of life and property resulting from earthquakes.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20860, 12 August 1942, Page 3
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