HOUSING IN SCOTLAND.
GOVERNMENT DISSATISFIED. {by cable— press association— copyright ) (Sydney "Suh" Service.) • LONDON, January 27. Mr Stanley Baldwin, speaking at Stirling, said it was necessary to build 20,000 houses yearly in Scotland for the nest 15 years to overcome- the- shortage. Statistics showed that 8 per cent, of the population was living in single rooms, and 39 per cent, in two rooms. The Government was not satisfied with the present rate of building, and had decided to construct 2000 steel houses in Scotland yearly. He denied that Jie was fighting the trade unions, or that ho was desirous of reducing the builders' standard of living. The engineering trade unions were pressing for an increase of £1 weekly, but the demand had been i n abeyance pending the Government's unsuccessful efforts to secure a general ratification' of an international eighthour day.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18602, 29 January 1926, Page 9
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