HOUSES IN BRITAIN.
GOVERNMENT BUILDING SCHEME. A VITAL INFLUENCE. By Telegraph.—Pren Assn.—Copyright. Received Nov. Zi, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 21. * C. Addison (Minister for Health), defending the Government's housing tetanies, said the department approved of forty aeven thousand acres now being laid ont (sufficient for half a million house*. The present cost of building Mid labor and the delays affecting maferial and transport were blocking the tchemes, and the tenders were too high. It wag proposed to ask Parliament to imbaidise builders to the extent of £l5O »r each boilse built within a certain time. Steps will be taken to curtail luxury building.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Received Nov. 24, 10.15 p.m. London, Nov. 21. . Mr. Lloyd George, in the House of Commons, replying to criticisms, said that the shortage of houses was a contributory cause of the disquiet and unrest. The shortage was interfering with increased production of food and the stability of labor. He justified the builders' subsidy, because a quick increase in tionses was necessary to social stability. »-Au*.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1919, Page 5
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172HOUSES IN BRITAIN. Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1919, Page 5
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