SLUMS REMOVAL
national campaign urged.
(United Press Association—By ElectricTelegraph—Copyright).
LONDON, May 17. Speaking at the Guildhall, with considerable emotion, the Prince of Wales appealed to the Association oMunicipal Corporations, to lead a national campaign to sweep away the slums, which were a blot and a disgrace upon national life. He added that the slums must not be considered homes for the coming generation. “I personally inspected many, and was applied that such conditions exist civ.ij.ised . country. My experience,.>ho f given decent conditions,,; slum, dwellers would rise to their opportunities. Ninetyeight thousand families of five, persons occupy two rooms, or less.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1933, Page 5
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100SLUMS REMOVAL Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1933, Page 5
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