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́ENGINEERS 7. ARCHITECTS.

SINGAPORE LEGISLATION.

At a meeting of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements last week:-

The Attorney-General moved the second reading of the Bill to provide for the re gistration of architects and to regulate! the qualifications of architects in the 17 M Colony.

Mr. G. C. Clarke opposed this Bill on the ground that it was a direct attack upon the civil and constructional engi Reces, who were never consulted before the Bill was brought forward. The cru cial clause was one which provided that unless a person was registered under the Ordinance he might not submit plans to the local authorities. The local author. ties took a very rigid view of the word "building," and insisted upon passing plans for all sorts of structures, large and amall, and they would administer the proposed Bill with the same degree of rigid application. The result would be that plans would have to go before them which had nothing to do with architec tura and pverything to do with en- gineering. and it was utterly wrong.to grant to the architects a monopoly of the submission of plans to local authori

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There was another clause, Mr. Clarke continued, which provided that if a per son designed a building he could not deat in the building materials and supervise the construction... It was common engi neering practice in the case of stee! buildings that the engineer designed the building. sold the steelwork, and erect- ed the building. He (the speaker) did not see why the engineer should not be allowed to continue to do this. It was what every engineering firm in the Colony did, and in the case of the recently erected big buildings bere the architects only submitted a plan of the general arrangettent, and the whole of the con structional details were left to the engi

If this Bill was neers and contractors.

passed the engineers had to decide which of their legitimate rights they would abandon the right of making plans,"or the right to erect buildings of their own design. He submitted that if the arshi- tects wanted this Bill they would have to its exempt qualified cägineers from working.

One argument that the architects bad put forward, Mr. Clarke continued. was that the architects should be du the same plan as the doctors of dentists, but, looking at it, from the public point of view, he did not see that there was any comparison between the two. The pre- sent legislation allowed ample" supervi sion, both before and during building operations. It had also been argued that similar legislation existed elsewhere, but it did not exist in Great Britain, had the only case he had heard of whore similar legislation.existed was iz Pretoria, South Africa, where it had since been repealed. The last thing

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that was required, he submitted, was a All Orders and Enquires receive Bill which gave a monopoly to the archi tects at the expense of the engineers. He urged that the Bill should be dropped altogether, and that a special committee be appointed on which the architects

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this committee would look into the exist ing legislation, and see if there were ways of overcoming such objections as existed, In conclusion. Mr. Clarke said the Bil dealt a staggering blow at a highly quali fied profession.

Mr. Campbell and Mr. Tan Chong Lock pointed out that the Bill excluded a cer- tais class of people in Malacca who were not professionally qualified architects, but who had been submitting plana and specifications to the Municipal Archi tect at Malacca for many years.

Mr. Everitt said he understood that the engineers would not oppose the Bill, provided that all of the members of the Institute of engineers in Malaya bere gistered under the Bill, and that "the Bill be considered by a committee which included representatives of the architects and engineers.

The Bill was read a second time and referred to a select committee consisting of the Colonial Engineer, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Everitt. The Attorney-General pointed out that the committee would bave power to call in any persons who might wish to express their views.

THE PRICE OF RUBBER. REMARKABLE RISE.

Mesra Carrol! Bros. are in receipt of a telegram from their Singapore friends advising them that the price of Bubber has advanced to 9 per pound. At the beginning of the month the price was 74 cents.

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SOVIET'S INTERNAL LOAN. FIVE PER CENT, AT 321

A Bouter's message from Moscow last month stated:

Having for a long time been very doubtful of the rubber position, I have It is officially announced that the lists not ventured to record any ideas I may for the now. Five per Cent. Internal have had or the aubject. It certainly Loan have beer, closed, after being open does look to-day as if a definite change for four days. The amount is 10,000,000 for the better is in the offing. One hard roubles, repayable is one year, and the ly expects anything startling; but in issue price 32. It is added that the loan view of the fact that London stocks are was covered in Moscow and Leningrad well down at about 20,000 tons (most of alone, while the applications from the which we shall want ourselves), against provinces totalled 42,000,000 roubles. In 58,000 tons a year back, and taking into the allotment small subscribers up to 500 consideration the fact that America ap-roubles will receive preferential treat The Soviet Press lays emphasis pears in for a good time so far as trade ment,

is concerned, with round rising pricesto on the grent importance of the successful say nothing of Europe's heightened pur- flotation of the loan, as showing that the chasing power--a steady expansion of the country has at its disposal an amount trade generally seems, highly probable of free money which will enable the Paris this werk took quite an ad Government to carry out further credit tive hand in shares. Car registrations operations.

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commodity, rubber, are legion," It cer- should be quite feasible from purchasers tainly looks as if the goud class rubber at present prices".

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