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Building and engineering

Call Number
N 690.6 BUI
Created/Published
Sydney : Building Pub., 1942-1952
Issue
(27 December, 1950)
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Contents

BUILDING AND ENGINEERING 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18
CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 19
THE HENRY LAWSON STATUE A FINE CONCEPTION. 20
THE GREATEST XMAS GIFT IS THE CHEAPEST 21
A FINE OLD SYDNEY MANSION 22 , 23
Dignified Interiors in “Fernleigh” 24
GAS-TUBE ELECTRIC DETECTOR. 24
NEW TOWN HALL FOR PERTH. New Site Selected. 24
MOTORS FOR UPPER CORDEAUX. 24 , 25
The Man who Designed the Empire State Building THE WORLD S TALLEST STRUCTURE. 25
INSURANCE COMPANY SELLS FLATS. 25
Ambitious Church Development Plan for Canberra 26
WESLEY CHURCH, CANBERRA FIVE-YEAR BUILDING PROGRAMME. 27
Central Fund for Pre Fabs BUILDING SOCIETIES’ REQUEST TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 27
BOOK REVIEW. Cabinet-Making For Beginners. 27
ELECTRIC POWER FOR MURRAY VALLEY LONG-RANGE DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMME PLANNED. 28 , 29
FIRST T.V. STATION IN TWO YEARS. 29
THE NEW B.B. G. TELEVISION CENTRE TO BE ERECTED AT WHITE CITY, LONDON. 30 , 31
NEW BRITISH SCIENCE CENTRE. 31
FORT DENISON ITS INTERESTING STORY. 31
Trainees’ Pay Adjusted WHO SHOULD PAY? 31
Modern Architecture is Invading Venice CONTEMPORARY STYLE JOSTLES ANCIENT PALAZZOS. 32 , 33
A Word of Three Letters Meaning Prosperity 33
Action Wanted on County Plan 34
Housing Loan Limit Fixed At £3,500 COMMONWEALTH BANK REQUEST. “Selective Credit Policy” in Force. 34
N.S.W. GOAL TARGET 18,000,000 Tons in 1953. 35
BLOW FOR BUILDERS NEW BANK ADVANCE POLICY. 35
Empty —Do Not Use LONDON ENIGMA. 35
MAZDA FLUORESCENT CHECK LIST. 35
Wharfs Going On in the World Today 36 , 37
OTHER DAYS—OTHER WAYS 38 , 39
TRANSLUCENT CONCRETE 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47
SNOWY RIVER PROJECT FROM THE AIR. 47
The Reduction of Sound Transmission through Concrete Floors 48 , 49 , 50
Increased Plywood Production THE WORK OF C.S.LR.O. 50
Hotel Owners Must Do Repairs ONLY SHORT EXTENSIONS GRANTED. 50
Advertising 51
North Shore Development NEW PROJECTS UNDER WAY. 52
Advertising 52
THE QUAY STATION SECOND THOUGHTS ON DESIGN. 53
NEW MILITARY BRIDGE. 53
NEW SHOCK ABSORPTION TECHNIQUE. 53
NEW BRITISH MACHINE LIFTS AND TIPS 21-TON WAGGONS. 53 , 55 , 57 , 58
Advertising 54 , 56
BOOK REVIEW. The Business of Home Building A MANUAL FOR CONTRACTORS. 59 , 60 , 61
Advertising 60
ARCHITECTS A GROWING FORCE IN AUSTRALIAN LIFE. 61
Advertising 62
Australia Needs Planned Towns 63
Australia’s Golden Jubilee Year ITS SCOPE, AIMS AND ORGANISATION. 63
Advertising 64
MORTAR FOR BRICKWORK 65 , 67 , 68
Advertising 65 , 66
Building Research Congress TO BE HELD IN LONDON, 1951. 68
Advertising 68
Fifty-Year Regional Plan for Newcastle ESTUARY ISLANDS FOR INDUSTRY. 69
NEW POWER PLANT FOR S.A. £1,000,000 Order From Britain. 69
Advertising 70
New Building Method Introduced In N.S.W. 71
Auckland to Build Harbor Bridge A RIVAL FOR SYDNEY? 71
National Security Resources Board PERSONNEL ANNOUNCED. 71
250 More People to Move REDFERN HOUSES TO COME DOWN. 71
KING CHAOS REIGNS SUPREME MUDDLEDOM TAKES OVER. 72 , 73
Advertising 72
WE ARE NOT AMUSED. 73
Australian Architectural Scholarship Urged 73
AN ARCHITECT ABROAD 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82
Advertising 76 , 81
GREETINGS FROM AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZ EN AND A BRITISH SUBJECT. 83 , 85
Advertising 84
ADVENTURES IN BIRDLAND. A Story With A Moral. 85
Advertising 85 , 86
Illuminating Engineering Society of Aust. =N.S.W. 86
SATELLITE TOWN IN QUEENSLAND START TO BE MADE 86
Australia Has “Know-How” DEFENCE PROJECTS CAN BE BUILT HERE. 86
GENERAL ELECTRIC ENGINEERS IN AUSTRALIA. 87
Success Is Where You Find It! MORE FAMOUS CAREER STORIES. 87 , 89
Advertising 88
BUILDER FINED. No Wages Stamps. 89
“Push-Button” Home of Future New York Exhibition. 89
Advertising 89
ROMANCE OF INDUSTRY THE RAND AND ITS GOLD. 90 , 91
Advertising 90
Population Milestones Through the Years 91 , 92
Advertising 91 , 92
NEW DRUGS INFLUENCE HOSPITAL PLANNING. Architects and Medical Men Collaborate. 92
Advertising 92
NEW ADVISORY PANEL ON MANPOWER. New Members Appointed. 92
The “Home” Front 93
Advertising 93
“American Capital Looks Eastward” 93
Glass Merchants Buy Businesses 93
Advertising 93
ART AND LIGHT THE LIGHTING O F ART GALLERIES. 94
Advertising 94
THE QUEST OF THE IDEAL. 94
100,000 People to be Housed Within Year 95
IN THE 19th CENTURY. 95
Advertising 95 , 96
BITS AND PIECES 96 , 97
Advertising 96
BOOK REVIEW. 97 , 99
Advertising 97 , 98
Index to Advertisers 98
Advertising 100

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BUILDING AND ENGINEERING  

Official Organ of  

six ER BUILD S' THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING  

FEDERATION OF SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA  

AUSTRALIA (N.S.W.)  

SPECIAL FEATURES  

• THE GREATEST XMAS GIFT IS THE CHEAPEST (p. 19)  

• “FERNLEIGH,” FINE OLD SYDNEY MANSION (p. 20)  

• AMBITIOUS CHURCH DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR  

CANBERRA (p. 24)  

• ELECTRIC POWER FOR MURRAY VALLEY (p. 26)  

• THE NEW 8.8. C. TELEVISION CENTRE (p. 28)  

• MODERN ARCHITECTURE IS INVADING VENICE (p. 30)  

• TRANSLUCENT CONCRETE (p. 58)  

• MORTAR FOR BRICKWORK (p. 63)  

DECEMBER 27,  

1950  

43rd YEAR OF PUBLICATION  

PRICE 3/- Per Issue  

BACK NUMBERS 3/6  

SUBSCRIPTION: <£l/10/- Per Year  

Registered at the G.P.0., Sydney, for trans-  

mission through the post as newspaper.  

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