HOUSING POLICY
CITIES FAVOURED RURAL PROBLEM ACGENTUATED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 27. Alarm at the " enormous expenditure of money on city and suburban houses and the shortage of dwellings in country areas " was expressed by the National Dairy Conference to-day. It wits stated that the present policy encouraged people to seek houses in the city and suburban areas to the detriment of the country population and the production of primary products so vital to the national economy. If the policy of the Government was to build houses for workers, said one delegate, it might reasonably be claimed that a certain amount of money should be spent in close proximity to dairy factories. Mr A. H. Hanson (Tamaki) suggested that the National Dairy Federation, in collaboration with other farmers' organisations, should make a survey and then go to the Government with a plan showing where houses were needed for men engaged in rural activities. He did not think they would get far without such a plan.
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Evening Star, Issue 25522, 28 June 1945, Page 7
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