PLOT ON BRITAIN
SLUMS SHOULD BE SWEPT AWAY. PRINCE APPALLED AT CONDITIONS (CLP A. bv Elec. Tel. Copy Debt ) LONDON, May 17. Speaking at the Guildhall with considerable emotion, tlic Prince of Wales appealed to the Association ol Municipal. Corporations to lead a national campaign to sweep away slums, which were a. Plot and a cisgr&ce on the national life.He added that slums must not be considered homes for the coming generation. ‘I have personally inspected many.' 5 he said, "and was appalled that such conditions should exist in a civilised country. • My experience shows that given decent- conditions, sluiu dwellers would rise to their opportunities. Ninety-eight thousand families of five and over occupy two rooms or less. 5
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11948, 19 May 1933, Page 7
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