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(b.) Such memorials should, be permanent. (c.) They and their surroundings should be artistic. (d.) They should not be erected with utilitarian objects. (c.) No parochialism should prevent us securing the best talent in the world to design them. (/.) They should not be erected haphazard but on a co-ordinate system. To study the question and ensure such co-ordination a Government Commissioner should be appointed without delay. (a.) No stereotyped form can be laid down for the forms of memorials, but some general principles may be formulated. (h.) We should look on a memorial with the vision of those who live a hundred years hence. («.) Memorials should express the emotion of the present, memory of the past, and be an inspiration for the future. (j.) They should include decorative art. Cyrus J. Williams, Chairman. Committee No. II (Town-planning as it Affects National Utilities and Services). 1. Close co-operation is necessary between Government Departments, particularly Lands, Public Works, Railways, Post and Telegraph, Tourist, and the Town-planning and Housing Departments, especially where these Departments are carrying out public works. They should observe the townplanning and housing by-laws, and when proposing to carry out works appertaining to a particular district they should give the local authority concerned an opportunity of seeing the plan, &c, so that, if necessary, objections may be considered by the Town-planning and Housing Board. 2. Catchment areas in all cases should be purchased or reserved in any part likely to become a centre of population. 3. The practice of the Telegraph Department in placing unsightly poles for carrying telegraph or telephone wire (rough tree-trunks, bark-skinned and unpainted) down streets that are treeplanted and grass-plotted with the object of beautifying, without in any way consulting the local authorities, and entirely destroying the effect aimed at, is to be deplored. 4. That the Town-planning and Housing Board must approve all subdivisions under the Land Transfer Act before the Registrar can register title. W. Bloomfield, Chairman. [Note.- The full report of the Conference has been separately printed in octavo, and laid before both Houses of Parliament.]

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