HOUSING AND STATE ADVANCES.
In the House yesterday, the Prime Minister replied to statements which had been made in reference io the housiug question and the State Advances office.
lie .-aid that every copper he had promised would he handed over, to I lie Advances Department and more. If, said emphatically that money i,.j advances would not. be allowed io run out. He had already stated that £4,000,000 would be paid into ito- Biale Advances oUice during the current year and lie now wished to ;,\ tluil ii would he more than that, tie could not provide all the money required in one mouth, or in three months, as some people thought. There was no sign of the capital of ihe Department disappearing. The Department was mu so far behind os ii bad been m the matter of deal,ng with applications and he was qniio prepaied to consider any yr-
geui ease that caiuc along. Of .-iiiirsf lie could not deal with dozens al a lone but lit bad dealt with a great many. Very great nunsens.. was being talked about what won! on in the Department. He could not recall any cast* of where a wealthy man had been granted a man and he hau not heard (>L any ease of the kind, fie had heard of a wealti hy ui;ui being- refused a loan though Inniself. lie proposed to give in the liiiaiu-iai statement a great deal mule information about the Advance- Department and the different lending-departments than had been .dune before. It was true, ilial tile housing diilit iidy stilt existed in Wellington, but in uiber fiaris uf tile Dominion the position bad greatly improved. He did not believe that there was any dilliciilty in the country towns. Auckland and Wellington were the two worst places.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2759, 17 July 1924, Page 2
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298HOUSING AND STATE ADVANCES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2759, 17 July 1924, Page 2
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