STATE HOUSES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 July 1939, Page 9

STATE HOUSES

FACTS AS TO COSTS

WANTED.

BICKERING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

(By Telegraph-Press Association.) ' . WELLINGTON. This Day

“We want facts, but we have never had the price of one house given," ■aid Mr Broadfoot (Opposition, Waitomo) during the Address-in-Reply debate in the House of Representative! yesterday when criticising what he described as the side-stepping by the Government of points raised in the no-confidence amendment moved by ..he Leader of the Opposition, Mr Hamilton.

Mi- Broadfoot said he understood that a group of 19 State houses had averaged £1,300 apiece to build, excluding sections. With the land, their prices might range up to £1,500 or £ 1.606. He also alleged that artisans imported from overseas were guaranteed their wages whether the weather was wet or dry. but said that this did not apply to New Zealand workers. The Minister of Education Mr Fraser: “That is incorrect. Don't be stupid." Mr Broadfoot: “The Minister can talk of stupidity. He is a living example of it." Mr Thorn (Government, Thames): “Don't look so fierce."

Mr Broadfoot: “How could I loot fierce when I see your smiling face?'

Discussing rural housing, Mr Broadfoot said he realised that there were difficulties, but suggested that there must be a solution. The Government could not expect stability in rural areas unless accommodation was available.