AFTER-THE-WAR HOUSES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 117, 4 February 1918, Page 2

AFTER-THE-WAR HOUSES

EXPERTS TO SEEK ADVICE FROM AYOMEN ON INTERIOR 1 OOiNSTItti'CTION. The "new house" after, the war, if designed on the lines recommended in an interim report by tho Technical Conference set up by the National Housing and Town Planning Council, should be a great improvement on that which oxists to-day, states the "Daily News." 'Die conference is satisfied that if the 300,000 new houses suggested are erected in the year after the war the buildin s trade'rill be greatiy taxed, and they say 't .will ho necessary for the occupants to pay higher rents. They recommend that the houses should bo broad rather than deep. : n order to give ample light, that threo bedrooms and n parlour f.honld be provided, and that each house should have a bath, with provision for hot water supply. They also recommend that women should be called to give nssistiuico in regard to details of interior construction, such as stairs, cupboards, larders, and storage accommodation. Schemes must not be carried into effect under the old conditions of layout. Tho number of housns per aero in urban schemes should not exceed ten and in rural planning pardens of not less than one-eighih. of ai. -acre should be provided. While members of the conference are opposed to the standardisation of houses, they are convinced that the possibilities of tho standardisation of component parts are very grcsat. Miss Manning (Noumea, Now Caledonia) is visiting friends in Canterbury. Dr. K. C. Morpeth and. Mrs. Morpeth arc visiting Chris.tchurch. Captain and Mrs. T. J. King, who have been away in Auckland for the past three months,- have returned to town. A. good deal is heard from time to time of work boina; done by cirls and women in the fields, in the absence of Hie'ir soldier relatives at the front. Any dny in tho Taieri younrr women can be Been hnrd at work. They have beon engaged in turnip-thinning, hay-raking, stacking, etc, ad have earned out their work in a manner which ivould do credit to tlie- best of farm hands.— ("Otago Daily Times.") The C4irls' Club of the W.N.R. held a social evening on January 28, in tho Esperanto Hall, when there was a good gathering of the members of the club. During the. evening musical items were contributed by Misses Atkinson and Palmer, and Masters M'Lean and Oldfield, and Miss Oldfiold gave two amusing recitations.