HOUSES FIRST.
NO PUBLIC BUILDING. , ' HOUSING OUTLOOK IMPROVING. (By Wire.—Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Last Night. The general polioy of avoiding ..building for the Government during tjw present shortage of labor and l material* has been mentioned several tines of late by the Prime Mmiatet, and at the instance of the Minister for Public Works, Cabinet. has decided upon an extension of this policy. No further alteration or renovation of public buildings will be undertaken by the department, save in cages of'-Abso-lute necessity, so that labor and material may not be diverted from the provision of housing accommodation at this period of necessity. The Public Works Engineer has been instructed that this policy must be rigidly adhered to until the position changes for, the better. The Prime Minister stated in connection with this matter that he beliefed that an improvement in the housing position had taken place in the last three months. There was still a considerable shortage, but he did not think that the position was quite so bad as it had been.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1920, Page 4
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172HOUSES FIRST. Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1920, Page 4
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