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PREFERENCE IN NEW WORKS.' WAR REGULATIONS IMPOSED. " By Telecraoh.—Press AuociatlOß. Wellington, Last Night. The Government has decided to put into operation the power it haft under tin; Statute of stopping luineoeßiary building in order that available labor and capital for building may be concentrated on the construction of houses, the object of the decision being to recover some of the present housing: shortage all over the- country. Air. Massey said to-day that Cabinet had decided to enforce certain war regulations, hut they would be applied «ply , to building works, not to any other works, and they would not be applied' to any building in course of conslruetwo. ■ People wishing to embark upon build- ■ ing enterprises*, other than the bUild- , ing of residential places, mu«t in future -, come to the Minister of Finance, '" the Minister would act in with the regulations until the pife*eni' : ! housing difficulty comes to an end? or ) that phase of it caused by the shqmw ~ of labor and the shortage of material*. ','|
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 May 1920, Page 5
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