NEW CITY ENGINEER.
NARROWING THE CHOICE.
COMMITTEE READY TO REPORT.
" The committee has finished its -work, but the names of the applicants who are to be recommended to the council for consideration in making the final choice cannot yet be divulged," said the Mayor of Auckland, Mr. G. Baildon, when questioned yesterday regarding the applications for the position of city engineer in succession to Mr. W. E. Bush. A special committee was appointed at the last meeting of the City Council to consider the 75 applications and reduce them to 12, the right being reserved to the council to consider applications not recommended by the committee if thought desirable. "The desirability of not yet milking public the names recommended by the committee can be appreciated, added the Mayor.
It is undestood that the committee has decided to recommend nine names to the council for consideration in making the final selection. The applications have come from all parts of the world, the majority being from Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20420, 23 November 1929, Page 12
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