HOUSE BUILDING IN N.Z.
PROGRESS OF STATE SCHEME FIGURES GIVEN BY HON. R. SEMPLE There is one house for every 38 people in New Zealand to-day, co™: pared with one house for evew JjJJ people in 1936, according to figurw given to “The Press” yesterday by Minister of Works (the Hon. £• Semple). Mr Semple said that since 1936 58,000 houses had been built » New Zealand and that the pppulatw® had increased by 174,000 in the sanw period.- , ■ Pointing out that the goal was new houses a year. Mr Semple 16,000 carpenters would be necesßW' The present number of carpenters Mr Semple said that the total BtJJJ ber of State houses built up to the emi of April was 20.198. Contracts n been let for another 4758. and were actually under April 30. On that date 4393 men employed on State housing constru tion. and the staff of the departm numbered 572. „ Altogether 45.888 building had been bought for State housing.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24897, 10 June 1946, Page 4
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