HOUSE BUILDING.
To the Editor. si r- —once upon a time our fore- . fathers used to arrive frpw England with their ready-made house packed (in sections) in the holds of their ships. The enclosed advertisement of an exporting firm of portable houses suggests that in the=e days of home- _ shortage we might well revert to thi.practice. The advt. is one of rather a < light and airy house, no doubt; but probablv quite equal to the shelters of nu r 'sanatorium*: and it is time wc realised that the kind of house good tor our consumptives is equally good far «ur sound 'and healthy population. {f vou place this . advertisement in • vour window the "travelling (-by) - public :; can see it and be the wiser 1 for it, and pehraps our builders will be s ip.ove.d to order some. —Yours, eto., -■ August 13, °-r-
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 16 August 1920, Page 3
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142HOUSE BUILDING. Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 16 August 1920, Page 3
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