STATE TRANSIT HOUSES
CARPENTERS REFUSE TO CO OPERATE ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS MADE Three proposals to replace the Government’s transit housing scheme S ee ? l a a ?. e the coun cil of the Zea,and Carpenters’ Union. These are the immediate construction of State rental houses at a greater rate and as high a standard as in the Past; the construction of blocks of . flats ,. for adult families; and tages “ lon °' pensioner « cot- “ The union refuses to co-operate in the construction of sub-standard tram sit houses such as proposed by the Government, or the construction of poorer types of dwellings in the lorm of camps and barracks for civilian occupation.” said a statement tasueS cUte e hu7c U h nCil after a *" uX S ‘o7 C a‘p p a ro» f °t r JT h POrar ’Y Pro'viaed that the union has direct representation on each district allocation committee for the purpose of supervising the period of teXcv" concludes the statement.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26244, 16 October 1950, Page 6
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