STANDARD HOUSES.
FACTORY CONSTRUCTION. MEETING BRITAIN'S NEED. (BV CABtK—rRESS ASSOCIATION—COrSBIGHT) (.VVSTRAMiK AMD X.Z. CABUI ASSOCIATION.) (Ecccived November 28th,.9.10 p.m.) LONDON, November 28. . Mr Neville Chamberlain (Minister of Health), addressing Conservative •women in London, said the Government did not intend to repeal Mr Wheatley's Housing Act, but preferred to lot the Act hang itself withats own rope. Tito housing problem might be solved speedily by having houses produced in enormous numbers, out of new materials and in factories frco from interruption by the weather. Sample houses will bo built throughout the country, so women can judgo the result.
It is mentioned that a scheme for tho erection of fsteel houses was recently advocated by Lord Weir.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18243, 29 November 1924, Page 13
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