Article in a New Zealand newspaper

A New Zealand newspaper, Sep 1966

Doc. No. 1966.NFB.001

RICS World Tour - New Zealand Newspaper report Sept 1966

Survey visit

THE PRESIDENT of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Mr. Guy Biscoe (right), with Mrs. Biscoe and Mr. F. A. R. Bennion, secretary of the institution, pictured on ,arrival at Wellington Airport yesterday.

They are on a tour of New Zealand, Australia and South-east Asia to meet members of affiliated societies.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the oldest and largest society of its type, celebrates its centenary in 1968. It has more than 30,000 members in such fields as agriculture, real estate, valuation, rating, town planning, building hydrography, mining and quantity surveying.

Mr. Biscoe has served on many advisory committees for the British Government and in 1951 was a member of the committee which revised building by-laws.

He is a director of several companies, including the General Fire Accident and Life Assurance Corporation, House and Land Property Corp. Ltd. and McKay Securities Ltd.

New Zealand Paper – Sept. 1966