WORKERS’ HOMES.
SCHEME TO BE EXTENDED. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, January 11. At the laying of the foundation stone of the twenty-one workers’ dwellings at Island Bay, Mr. Millar stated that the cost of the houses would be from £395 to £SOO, at a rent of 15s to 17s weekly. Sir Joseph Ward stated that the Labour Department was negotiating for land to extend the scheme to Dunedin, Invercargill, Blenheim, Nelson, Gisborne, Taumarunui, and New Plymouth. A powerful public opinion was backing the scheme. “We will soon bring exorbitant rents to an end,” he said.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 11 January 1912, Page 5
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95WORKERS’ HOMES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 11 January 1912, Page 5
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