CIVIL ENGINEERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22047, 1 March 1935, Page 12

CIVIL ENGINEERS

dominion conference AWARDS MADE FOR PAPERS A revfet* of the growth of the Hew Zealand i Icciety of Civil fliagineer* in the 21 ye uses of its eristonce was gmm by Mr. 3K Holderraess, re'iring preii'deut, at lib \neztmg of fcita coiirferensi i last night. He «aid the society now had 474 members, and hud done rauc 1 it in the interests of the community by its effort* to improve t3-ue standard Wl ethics of tJbte profession. Vtany cf the society's members h«id suffered distress through lack of employment : .u recent years T bat with more public an/I'private activitj there was eviery ind cation that the jtosition wmu improving greatly. It waji inevitable that engii seers in the future must to increasing ly: well trained and educatedPa peri mere read in the morning on "Lightnihn g and Distribution Systems, " by Mr. L B. Hufctcn, and "The Submerged Pipe-line Crossing; the Auckland Harbour fiwit the Birkenhead Water Supply/' by' .Mr. A D. Mead. Auckland city waterworks engineer.. I;a the afteriiioum, visits were paid to the IYA Iroadcasti *5 studios and to a demoitifflration ol pi preconditioning at Mount Albert.

At the final meeting last night, it was announced that the Fulton bcqnert gold rneda [ for the best pa read at the confe by a member of tiro society had been awarded to Mr. 1?'. M, Hansfln for his paper on "Bituimmom Surface Treatment of Rurai! High waywhile special awards had also been ruade to Mr. L. B. Huttoni and Mr. W. L. Newnham for tberr papers. Tint silver medal fir a paper by a studi 'lit member was won by Mr. XL. 15. He ?irikson, for his paper orai "Seismic (Coefficients."

Appreciation of the arrangement made by :]te local committee for tbi« entertainment oir delegates; was eitf pressed, bj resolution. To-day and tomorrow viii'ts will be paid by members to engineering works in the vicinity «f iu;klsni.