THE WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM.
- Sir,—Progress in this matter to date is , most satisfactory—large funds are pro- '-' mised, and no doubt the balance will bo forthcoming. ' There is no reason why, we ''-' v '."should,' not have, at no distant date, a % museum balding of dignity and beauty, .•..':.' worthy of the city and the ' treasures to *bd stored within its walls. So far, so : .good—but to ensure a suitable building, • public competition should be invited for •designs, so that choice may be made of fafi' best, and no consideration of petty economising in cost of designs should deter us from having use of the best N talent available, lam emphatic en this point, as I am told that a proposal is on root to permit the city engineer .to draw designs, etc. - This is simply the, way how not to do it. We haw no evidence ■'that the city engineer is an architect, and this is purely architects' work,;,, Citizen i f Auckland, Juno 19, 1920. . ' v
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17502, 21 June 1920, Page 8
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