TOWN-PLANNING TOUR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15646, 27 June 1914, Page 10

TOWN-PLANNING TOUR.

i * i j 1 j LECTURES IN AUCKLAND.

! _ I THE EXPENSES SUBSCRIBED I I A Mrrrrxo of those interested in townplanning was held at noon yesterday, in the councißors' room at the Town Hall, for the purpose of making arrangements in connection with the approaching visit lof Mr. W. P.. Davidge, the emissary of the Garden CiLia and Town Pbmracg j Association of Great Britain. About forty citizens, including members of tbo City Council and of other local bodies, j were present. Mr. Arthur M. Myers, j M.P., was elected chairman in the abisence, through indisposition, cf the j Deputy-Mayor (Mr. John Court). j The chairman said that the more ths . question of town-planning was locked into the more iti importance was realised It was quite clear the matter was an ' urgent one a.i far is Auckland was concerned. The only-way to grapple successfully with it was to get a law placed, on the Statute Book to enable the removal j of slums and the creation of a movement ! which would result in tie erection cf garden and model suburbs throughout the ■j Dominion. In his recent travels he had i seen no city hotter capable of becoming a garden city than Auckland. What was : now wanted was action. Mr. C. C. Reade said the primary ob- - ject of the meeting was to obtain a guai rantee of funds, and to set up a committee - Ito welcome his colleague. Mr. Davidge, ; who was due to arrive from Vancouver ; next Tuesday. The Government had ! promised a grant- cf £550 towards the t expenses of the lecturing tour which ha ; and Mr. Davidge proposed to undertake !in New Zealand. The total expenses, I however, would amount to about £700, which would net include a::y remuneration for the lecturers. The principal centres in the South were each -jntributiag £75, and a similar sum was asked from Auckland citizens to enable a three-days' programme to be carried out here. The City Council had on the previous night voted £25, but that was subject to the approval of the Auditor-General. It was proposed to give twenty lectures in the Dominion, three of them in Auckland. The,' would all he free lectures, and illustrated by means cf lantern slides. At this stage lifts were handed ronnd, and the sum of £74 13s was subscribed is j the rt-c-m. Mr. Reade returned thanks. j The following were electee; a committee to meet Mr. Davidge on Tuesday, and to ! generally assist in the movement The Mayor (Mr. C. J. Parr. CMC,.' Messrs. | Arthur M. Myers. M.P., A. Clark. B. Brett, 11. B. Morton, D. Cummin;. J. W. Tibbs, J. H. Gunson, W. 11. Cummer, Bart. Kent, H. Munro Wilson, E. Davis,' George George, W. Handley (Mavor of iDevonport), S. I. Clarke, .1." Buddie, the | Rev. W. G. Monckton, and Professor H. W. Segar. The town clerk (Mr. H. W. i Wilson) was appointed secretary and trvai surer.