CIVIC CENTRE

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25309, 17 September 1945, Page 6

CIVIC CENTRE

PLAN FOE AUCKLAND AREA NEAR TOWN HALL Although the plan has not yet been brought forward officially it is believed that the City Council envisages the development of a large area near the Town Hall as a civic centre. While ideas as to the size of the area and the nature of its development have not yet crystalised it is considered that the scheme should, be carried through with Government co-operation and, to * this end, it is understood that informal discussions have taken place.

Officially the question of a civic centre for the city is the subject of a report being made by the city engineer, Mr A. J. Dickson. This report is being prepared in conjunction with afurther investigation into the plan, announced last year, for constructing new municipal offices. Link With Park

A basic scheme is to develop the area bounded by Queen., Myers, Albert and Cook Streets. In some quarters the extension of the area west of Albert Street as far as Hobson Street is considered desirable as providing a larger open space and giving a better setting, on rising ground, for future public buildings. A further proposal is that the central area near the Town Hall should be joined with Albert Park by taking over properties owned by the coundil on either side of Rutland Street. By linking it with Albert Park the full'scheme would provide a broad belt of public land shaped like a crescent in the heart of the city. It would enable town planners, architects and gardeners to combine in providing a centre of beauty, dignity and usefulness. be scheme could be enhanced by the addition of land near the university, between Princes and Symonds Streets, which the city may develop in the future.

Gradual Development Development of the scheme would necessarily be slow arid it has been suggested that it might be 50 years before the centre was complete. < It would provide the setting for a variety of State and civic buildings of both a cultural and an administrative character. These might include the proposed new municipal offices, a new town hall, an art gallery, a library, an old colonists' museum, a repertory theatre and buildings housing the Auckland branches of numerous State departments. . , . From a town-planning point or view the area under consideration is said to be eminently suitable. It enables the establishment in the centre of the city of a precinct which, while giving quietude and peace away from the noise of traffic and industry, is at the same time easily accessible from all parts of tlie metropolitan area. With tlie construction of the Morningside tunnel, which is said to have high Government priority, the centre would also be served by railway through the proposed Town Hall station in Myers Park.

SICK AND WOUNDED HOSPITAL SHIP EXPECTED LIST FOR AUCKLAND PROVINCE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Sunday A draft of sick and wounded and protected personnel returning from the Mediterranean theatre of war is expected to arrive at Wellington on Tuesday by the hospital ship Empire Clyde. Following are the names or men and women whose next-of-kin reside in the Auckland Province, the rank being private or its equivalent, unless otherwise stated:— Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. Park (Auckland), Charge-Sister J. Gilfillan (Auckland), ChargeSisler M. Johnston (Auckland), Charge-Sister K. M. Slye (Milf»rd). „ T Cpl. W. Aiiken (Auckland). W. 0.11 G. L. E. Aker (Coromandel), G. E. Allen (Te Awamutu), Set. E. Arbuckle (Papatoetoe). A J. Batistich (Dargaville), M. Batistich (Kaihu). W. J. Binsted (Avondalc), L. H. Blackman (Hamilton), A. N. Boakes (Thames), M. J. Brown (Taumarunui). T. Brown (Opotiki), E. L. Burton (Auckland). Sgt. A. D. Carlisle (Onehunga), L.-Cpl. K. V. Cato (Auckland), L.-Cpl. L. G. Clapham fKohu Kohu). L. L. Colquhoun (Glen Eden). M. W. Coombes (Auckland). Sgt. C. S. Cooper (Maunu), S.-Sgt. E. 0. Cooper (Panmure). G. T Davis (Dargaville), Cpl. S. P. Davis (Auckland), W. 0.11 A. D Decke (Auckland). T. Drought (Auckland) Cpl. C. V. Duffey (Auckland), Cpl. E. F. Elliott (Auckland). K. Fairhurst (Huntly), W. Harris (Papatoetoe). Bdr. G. A. Hawkes (Auckland), C. Ilindle (New Lynn), B. K. 11. Jenkins (Auckland). W. 0.11 L. A. Johnston (Auckland), L. N. Kushner (Auckland). S.-Sgt. G. C. Laird (Auckland), H. Lousich (Auckland), Cpl. B. D. McClung (Waihi). L.-Bdr. E. McFadgen (Auckland), N. Mclver (Brown's Bay). Sgt. S. J. Mackie (Cambridge), S.-Sgt. L. Miller (Auckland), G. A. Mills (Auckland), V. T. Mogford (Auckland). F. G. Moody (Auckland), J. B. Morley (Auckland), S.-Sgt. H. R. Mnrphy (Auckland), C. J. Newmarch (Rotorua), Cpl. L. I. Paicc (Auckland), J. T. Pairama (Raglan), G. R. Payne (Awanui). M. J. Phillips (Te Awamutu), K. G. Preston (ifount Alberl). M. T. Price (Warkworth). Sgt. A. J. Radonich (Waitoa), J. C. Rogan (Takapuna), N. A. Rogers (Ellerslie), Sgt. F. S. Roper (Auckland), F. A. Russell (Ellerslie). Set. J. A. Shaw (Auckland), Set. M. W. Shepherd (Auckland), R. Short (Tnakau) H. Smythe (Papakura). L.-Cpl. A. G. Strahan (Morrinsville), J. A. Suckling (Auckland). Sgt. H. A. Sutherland (Hamilton), Sgt. S. G. Taylor (Waihi), W. J. Thomas (New Lynn). E. L. Tnohcy (Takanini), R. S. Turner (Auckland). Sgt. I. D. Wade (Tauranga). Sgt. A. G. Webster (Auckland). Cpl. F. E. Webster (Hamilton East), V. A. Wheeler (Auckland). I. Whitehead (Auckland), Sgt.. A. C. Williamson (Auckland). Set. A. ,T. Willis (Auckland), Cpl. R. H. Wright. (Auckland). L-Sgt. C. S. Young (Auckland).

FOOTBALLER INJURED Concussion and a possible fracture of the jaw were suffered by George Edward Tittleton, aged 36, married, of 48 Meola Road, Point Chevalier, while playing senior League football at Carlaw Park on Saturday afternoon. He was admitted to the Auckland Hospital. AID FOR SERVICEMEN Ex-servicemen seeking rehabilitation assistance or advice who address applications direct to the head office and do not taken advantage of the department's decentralised system often cause themselves delay by not taking their problems to the local office, according to a statement issued by the department. Not only are more complete personal files held by district offices, making it necessary to refer the cases back from head office, but the very nature of the decentralised machinery provided makes for more efficient and expeditious handling.