PUBLIC BUILDINGS
NEW WORKS DEFERRED. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 31. An important policy .statement was made by the Hon. J. G. Coates, Postmaster-Gen-eral, when replying to a depuration which tusked for improved jtostal facilities tit Epsom. The Minister said he was not prepared to recommend the Government to go in for a progressive scheme of construction if post offices and public buildings for administrative purposes at the present lime. Housing accommodation was very short, prices were tremendously high, and there was insufficient skilled labour available. “I think,” added Mr Coates, “(hat the nterests ot this city and of the whole of New Zealand will ho better served if we devote our energies and resources towards putjhing on all those public works which assist in facilitating settlement, such as railways. In respect to other requirements we shall have to improvise up to a certain point until the position improves. 'Whin we reach a point at which we are unable to carry on the transaction of public business, then only can we possibly consider (he construction of up-to-date administrative public buildings.”
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Southland Times, Issue 18836, 1 June 1920, Page 5
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181PUBLIC BUILDINGS Southland Times, Issue 18836, 1 June 1920, Page 5
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