CONDITIONS IN NEW ZEALAND ARE PRAISED
(P.A.) AUCKLAND.,,JiIIs Day. “Having , seen . England,/ South Africa and' Australia, I ;fepl that the New Zealand Government’s actions regarding economy over the pas.t 13 years have to a great extent been justified,” -said . Mr. Reg.. -F, Goodworth, of Wellington, former chief accountant for-the Port Line -(N.Z,) Ltd, on his return by air today after five months’ absence. “I think it costs 25s in Britain to purchase what . 20s-will buy in New Zealand,” he said. The :prices of houses .in Cape Town arid .the main Australian cities were two and a half to thcee times what the pre-war market price -was. New. Zealand appeared to be the only country 'that ‘ had stopped 5 what could be called a “racket’’ in housing, The masses of fhe people in tain, were‘ apathetic., . They got nothing, pujt .regimentation ? from the,Government... There was an acute housing shortage. • i
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 October 1948, Page 7
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