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Progress, Volume XI, Issue 11, 1 July 1916, Page 655

#=■ — =^\ N.Z. Building PROGRESS Published Monthly by the Proprietors, Harry H. Tombs Ltd. 8 Parish Street —— Wellington, New Zealand TELEPHONE 165 i P.O. BOX 481. ■ Animal Subscriptions: To any address 7/6 post free. Note: 1/- will-be allowed on this account if paid in advance. Remittances should be made by Post Office or Money Order. All cheques, plus exchange, to be made payable to Harry H. Tombs Ltd., and sent direct to P.O. Box 481, Wellington. All communications to be addressed to “The Proprietors, ‘Progress,’ Box 481, Wellington.” Advertising Rates will be sent on application. The value of “Progress” as an advertising medium is rapidly becoming recognized by advertisers. Circulation considered it is the cheapest advertising medium of its kind in the Dominion. To Our Advertisers copy for advertising matter must be in our hands by the Ist of the month preceding publication, otherwise no responsibility with regard to insertion will be undertaken. The Editor will at all times be glad to receive Illustrated Articles on subjects of interest for consideration, provided the articles are short and to the point, and the facts authentic. Should subscribers continue to receive copies of this journal after expiry of current year, it will be accepted as an intimation that they are desirous of subscribing for a further period of twelve months. In case of change of address, or irregularity of this paper’s delivery, subscribers should send immediate notice. Publisher’s Announcements. Our 45th Competition. We offer a prize of £1 10 for the best design for a Lodge and Entrance Gates to Public Institution. Lodge House. —The house must contain the following accommodation, viz Living room (150), kitchen (120), bedroom (120), and two smaller bedrooms, scullery-washhouse, store, cupboards, etc., and bathroom, all on one floor. The plan must be symmetrical, the entrance facing the drive, and the design in severe Renaissance style with flat roof. Fenestration, proportion, and similarity in the three principal elevations (N., W., and S.) must be specially studied. There may be small loggia or portico at the entrance. Gates.— The gate piers, 4 in number, must accord with the design of the lodge,— on two must be an escutcheon for the arms of the Institution, the crest may form the finals, — the other two must bear lamp standards. The materials allowed are as follows : — PiersFreestone with Granite base. Gates and Lamps—Wrot Iron. Lodgeßrick or terra-cotta walling, with freestone dressings and cornice, asphalte roof. One bay of iron railing with brick dwarf wall, stonecurb and piers, must be shown. /. £.ODO£. z zzz r I L„ J ~ a . ■ § j I f .. i , i ~ l< >|lk^M y p 1 1 i ‘ J I l a / y The design must be dignified, and not too elaborate, carving only allowed in the finals, and mantling to escutcheon. It is to be assumed that a similar lodge can be built on the opposite side, as shown dotted on plan, to complete the symmetry of the scheme. TELEPHONE 165 i P.O. BOX 481. r ~ .4 <»