Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 7 February 1931, page 12
CANBERRA. I
"Wasteful Arrangement."
SIR JOHN SULMAN'S COMMENTS
Sir John Sulman yesterday referred to statement by Sir John Butters that M »J his fellow-commlssloneis were not [esporo. for the extratagant layout of Canberra . that the department concern d was to DI« rrom 1921 to 1025 mellish e the depart»
had the assistance of an advlson Comm
of which Sir John Sulman was chili"»'
Sir John Suiman said that Sir John Buw was quite justified In his dlsclnlmer < (Sir John Sulman) also disclaimed «ff slbility One of his first acts on w» appointed was to write a minute as ena «1 Urging that buildings to be erected <no"°
confined to a small compact section"^ city plan sufficient to accommodate tnc
contingents of officials and the trading»» mttnity needed to supplv their wT"f ,'" B afterwards extended as occasion rcqw«
this minute he had g'ven 2S reasonto ». port of his recommendation and w ¿ ínitted it at the first committee merlin
at Canberra when the Ministers to \,, and Rallwavs and Home and It"».0"",, |" present They ga^e tht.lt npprova!;nfl structcd him to select the ai ça he con
most suitable for the Initial c»/ l" (j did and he sent particulars to Melbourne
the approval of the Cabinet ^
Unfortunately etitain obeláis irre 1
an opposite Uew Sir John contlnutd { odilfed that buildings «hnulrt be JW £< mer the area on the road *¿T^D°fC by Mr Burley Griffin Te CiWrw firmed this hence the trot "k MU« *
so cUdcnt I estimate thatnlf TO » , hnd bien folio ved it lea«t £2°?0°ï_ c_.í have been saved and a oin pact and ^ woiked settlement wo Ud hw been »n instead of the pi osent Inconvenient wasteful arrangement "