A NOVEL SCENE.
TESTING v ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES
OF THE HOUSE.
.special io tne Heraid. i
WELLINGTON, , his day.
A sceh<s yfyf. witriejsstifl > In the ne***. Parliament ;j t?-dajr,.: when one; hundred jVublic servants, ',' including* building workmen, clerks, "and.l ady typistes constituted a workers* Parliament m the new Legislative Chamber to test the acoustics in~the presence of the furnishing committee. The Speaker of the House and 1 the Minister of Works occupied the Press gallery. Speaking tests were made by Messrs Fraser. Parr, Tsitt, and Anderson, and showed a preat improvement m the acoustics through drafting walls.' shutting off a portion of the oralleriel at the back and ten feet' at the rear of. .the ground floor of the Chamber. It traiisnires that New Zealand's Legislative Cliamber is larger than the House of Commons, which is 75ft by 55ft, New Zealand's being 78ft by 61ft over thc galleries.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14848, 27 February 1919, Page 5
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147A NOVEL SCENE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14848, 27 February 1919, Page 5
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