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LAND FOR STATE HOUSES

123 SECTIONS BOUGHT RECENTLY

Blocks of land totalling 123 sections have been purchased recently for State housing in Christchurch by tn« Housing Division of the Ministry ot Works. The biggest area purchased was Ui Sawyers Arms road, the land compiling 60 sections. An area which wiu give 50 sections in Queensbury strc ®! and Mcßratney’s road was bough l from an estate. Thirteen sections on the frontage of Palmer’s road have also been bought. _ A Three hundred and twenty-five State houses were now under construction in Christchurch, said Mr H* S. Sherbrooke, .district superintendent of the Housing Division, yesterday* Since April 1 128 houses had been completed and handed over to tne State ■ Advances Corporation for afi®* cation to tenants.

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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27128, 26 August 1953, Page 8

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LAND FOR STATE HOUSES Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27128, 26 August 1953, Page 8

LAND FOR STATE HOUSES Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27128, 26 August 1953, Page 8

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