Engineers Amalgamate - First Council Australian Institute Meets - Construction and Local Government Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1913 - 1930) - 20 Oct 1919 (original) (raw)

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Mon 20 Oct 1919 - Construction and Local Government Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1913 - 1930)
Page 5 - Engineers Amalgamate

First Council Australian Institute Meets.

One of the greatest events* in the

history of Australian Engineering took

place' ? to-day, when the first meeting of'

the first Council 'of the Institution of

Engineers of Australia, was held in the'

Royal Society's Rooms, Sydney. When

in 1909, the Editor of the Journal saw that

Australian Engineers were members of

Societies and Institutions of only local

significance and that those Engineers who

were directly interested in Australian

development,' namely, the Engineers in

charge or all Local Government work,

were not even organised'. _Iie took. steps

to bring about the formation of the In

stitute 'of -'Local;'--' Government -Engineers^

The first section was formed in New

South Wales, and later sections were'

formed in other States till in its second

year,' the Institute was governed by a

Federal Council and was practically the.

first Engineering Institute that did not

know any State boundaries.

In July, 1916, the Secretary of the

Queensland Section, Professor R. H.

Hawken read an interesting paper -before:

the Institute, and when President Har

ricks' ofc the 'Engineering Association of ?

New South Wales was found to have'

taken the matter up, every assistance was

given him in his enthusiastic work; and

to Mr. Harricks and his hardworking

colleagues, the success of'the, Great !n

. The need for the Amalgamation of

Engineering interests is strongly called

for, now that Australia is on the verge

of an era of wonderful development.

The Engineering Outlook in Australia

With the incidence of a high protective

. 'duty, which the Commonwealth Govern

jnent is certain to impose, th'e outlook

?for. manufacturers in Australia is excep

tionally good. Temporarily the imposi

tion of- duty will restrain development,

and it is questionable whether it is a

wise policy on the part of the Govern

ment to impose heavy duty in preference

to a gradual increase ; except of course

that it is intended to obtain revenue from

Australia has- enormous advantages in

raw materials, and with stabalised labor

conditions, there will always be ample

capital available for the. establishment of

Structural steel has come into tremend

ous prominence in recent years, and

standardised shapes are- now used for all

sorts .of constructive works, and there

can be no doubt that the manufacturer

of this material offers immense oppor

tunity for development. Steel plates, also

for shipbuilding and general purposes,

will be in great demand in the years to

come, and possibly the consolidation of

interests of manufacturers will serve the

purpose of cheap production better than

the competition of smaller separate

The manufacture of steel is such a

highly .specialised industiy,' that it. re

. quires tremendous capital and fine work

manship, and the employment of skilled

chemists and artisans,, all of which

suggest the consolidation of manufactur

A SITTING OF THE SYDNEY WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD The personnel of the Water and Sewerage Board consists of a President and certain appointed and ejected representatives by the Government, Municipal and other interests. The above illustration shows the members for the .year 1918. Reading from left to right, the names are: — Alderman W. P. O'Connor, Hon. Frank Bryant, Mr. J. Leitch Alderman T. II. Barlow, Alderman J. G. Griffin (Vice President), Mr. W. J. Millner (President), Mr. W. O. C. Day (Shorthand-writer), Mr. J. M. Smail (Enginecr-in-Chief), Mr. T. D. Roseby (Secretary, in the centre). Inset: Alderman (Colonel) T. Henley, M.L.A. Help

A SITTING OF THE SYDNEY WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD

The personnel of the Water and Sewerage Board consists of a President and certain appointed and ejected representatives by the

Government, Municipal and other interests. The above illustration shows the members for the .year 1918. Reading from left to right,

the names are: — Alderman W. P. O'Connor, Hon. Frank Bryant, Mr. J. Leitch Alderman T. II. Barlow, Alderman J. G. Griffin (Vice

President), Mr. W. J. Millner (President), Mr. W. O. C. Day (Shorthand-writer), Mr. J. M. Smail (Enginecr-in-Chief), Mr. T. D. Roseby

(Secretary, in the centre). Inset: Alderman (Colonel) T. Henley, M.L.A.