THE COST OF THE COTTAGE.
“The cost of the cottage could be substantially reduced if the land speculators were restrained from gainng fo'r his own pocket the increment values created hv public demands; if land now wasted by unprofitable and obsolete development was replanned: if capital at low rates of interest could be attracted in invest in weekly rented property on a large scale; if architects would devote the same skill to planning a cottage as a cinema deluxe, if building by-laws were revised so as to allow of freer play to ingenuity; if railways freights were reduced, and the savings reflected in the cost of materials; if more mechanical and scientific handling during every process of manufacture and building could be introduced; if there were more standardisation of bricks, tiles and other materials ; if a greater output were encouraged by the offer and acceptance of enchanccd wages based on results; if labour were organised so that the best craftsmen could bo sure of regular work in all weathers.” —Mr B. S. Townroe, in “The Realist.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1930, Page 3
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176THE COST OF THE COTTAGE. Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1930, Page 3
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