"I walk a distance of two miles to work every morning in 20 minutes," said Mr D. Silverstone, when he was cross-examining a witness in the Magistrate's Court at Dunedin. "You must hold the record for the profession," the Magistrate, Mr J. R. Bartholomew, remarked drily. "Well, perhaps I should say 25 minutes," Mr Silverstone replied. "To date the Department of Housing Construction has advertised 2772 houses and the Cabinet has accepted contracts for 2200," stated the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Housing (Mr J. A. Lee) in an interview. "The first tender was accepted by the Cabinet towards the end of March, 1937. By the end of March, 1938, tenders will have been called for about 3000 houses. The number of employees engaged on the Government's housing scheme continues to rise steeply and is in the neighbourhood of 3700. Those directly and indirectly employed number close on 8000." _
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22345, 8 March 1938, Page 12
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