BOMBERS USED TO EASE HOUSING
LONDON. British four-engine bom'bers that helped to win the war now are playing their part in one of Britain's greatest peacetime prohlems — housing. Under Supply Ministry auspices, two al#minium reclamation plants now are working at high speed, one in the midlands and the other in Oxfordshire. At these two plants, which between them employ 4000 workers, Britain's surplus wai-planes are melted down to make aluminium ing-ots, which then are delivered to five former warplane factories, now engaged in producing new aluminium prefabricated houses. Cost of production of each of the 54,500 aluminium houses ordered by Health Minioter Aneurin Bevan, who is responsible for housing, is 520 dollars. The five factories are wotfking to complete their orders by August, 1947r and the programme is already ahead of schedule. The aluminium houses are produced in four sections and, although externally not attractive, they are fitted with every modern convenience. According to a Supply Ministry spokesman, ."the housewives are particulariy enthusiastic about them."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5321, 6 February 1947, Page 7
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165BOMBERS USED TO EASE HOUSING Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5321, 6 February 1947, Page 7
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