HOUSES AND SCHOOLS FIRST

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22167, 10 August 1937, Page 5

HOUSES AND SCHOOLS FIRST

GOVERNMENT’S .BUILDING PROGRAMME

S/ /U(n^S» ? ’AMOCIATIOI« T*LKOBAM.> C^'-VP^LINGTON';’, August 9. Requirement demanding attention befoldW^P letion of • Parliament BiSSiSrcould be undertaken were referred to by the Prime Minister (the Rt. J- Savage) in art interview to-night. Housing and schools, he said, would have to come first* “First things must come first, said. Mr Savage, when asked if a start with the completion .of Parliament Build--lings wal,Ukely to form part of next velr’s Public Works,programme, so that the buildings mightbe finished in, time ~t ’ fHe 'New Zealand ' centennial. I P* desirable to have the finished by 1940, and, that the KvisSn S propel accommodation for -Ht#' Legislature; would be .one of the centennial; could be

adequately marked; but it is difficult to say exactly when, a start, can be made. The Government’s object is quite clear. The housing of the people, and school accommodation, with a view to brightening generally the conditions under which children are taught, will come first. Several other public building are also urgently required. “Apart from the necessity for these services, there is also the question'of skilled labour. The number of skilled tradesmen is limited. Eyen.once a start has been made, there are a thousand and one factors affecting progress, and it would be difficult for one to say that this or that will be completed in such and such a year.” .