STATE DWELLINGS FOR FARM WORKERS

Chronicle (Levin), 5 September 1946, Page 6

STATE DWELLINGS FOR FARM WORKERS

RURAL HOUSING EXPERIMENT ! AT SANSON

| An expcriinent whieh .should jirovc oi 1 greuL intere.st nxul iniportiuu-o to t'arm ' 'ing i-oiiiinunilios througliout Xew I'Zenhuid is to be earried out :U | Sanson, in tho Manawata district, where ! Ihe Governiuciit has agreed to luiild ' three Stato reata! houses for l'arei labourers and their faiuilies, for whom eiiiployiiuuit has been gtmnuiteed by a grou[i of farniers. Ueferonce to this Was niade at a nieeting of tlie Alanawatu pruvim-ial exeeutive of Federated Farmers in Palmerston Xorth yesterduy when a reiuit sponsored by the ('arnarv on brtinch was earried urging that. the Govornnient be appronehed to nmke available Btate rental houses iu areas where groups of fnriners gunranteed pei'iTUiiietit employmeiU. It was stated that sueh houses, ereet ed in a eonvinunity, would provide farm woi'kers and their fnntiHes wTth many oi" tho Hiuenilies enjoyod bv town workevs. It would also prove a great boon lo ono-nmn farms where the pro vision of eastial labour was a constant J prolilem. The (ioverniueut, it was said 1 iuul alreadv indiealed its willingness tn ' Injild three sueh houses al Sanson. \ The remif is lo be forwarded to t li «* | Minislers of Agneullure and Housiug for ui\ estigalinn and eommeut.