BETTER TOWNS.
; -,' AN EXHIBITION OPENED.-:;; ; \' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. London, 11. ■King George has sent a message, expressive of<.his interest in the;.. Town Planning' Exhibition' and. Conference which has been'opened in London., Sir. John Burns, President of the Local Government Bnird, in his inaugural addross in the Guildhall, emphnsisetl the fact that Britain had made' the; greatest strides:in town T plamnng. Better, housing was provided in Britain than in any other country. .' ■' ■■■J: , ' .' ;.; : . Town-planning has caught the imagination of the British public, says the "Daily Mail" Year Book. ■ 'People have been in'spired by '. the private ■ examples established in different parts of the country. They see the ■ schemes of private, com-, panies such, as those at Letchworth and Hampstead. They are impressed' with the model, villages created.by large manufacturers like the Levers, the Cadburys, and the Rowntreesk " ',' ■
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 946, 13 October 1910, Page 5
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