SLUM CLEARANCE WORK

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 25 September 1933, Page 2

SLUM CLEARANCE WORK

ACTIVITY IN LONDON

VISITOR’S IMPRESSIONS. The slum clearance which was going on in London was what .struck Mill. M. Peacock, of Masterton, most on revisitnip- the Metropolis after on absence of twelve years. 1 Mr Peacock, who returned to Wellington by the lonic on Thursday, told “The Dominion” that he had lived in London for thirty years, and, therefore, knew the city well. He found that some of the worst slum areas were being cleaned out, and a problem had arisen owing to the higher- rents for modern houses, which were taking monev badly required for food. On the other hand, many of the .beautiful homes .formerly owned by the wealthier classes were now either deserted, or had been turned into flats owing to the high taxation. Hie had heard of a beautiful home, together with ten acres of land, which had been sold for £IOOO. He said he had not been at all satisfied by the way in which some of the Dominion’s produce was being marketed in London. New Zealand butter was being retailed at lOd a pound, though Londoners were quite prepared to pay more for it, and were surprised at its cheapness. There was a tendency to describe Dominion products, especially fruit, as Empire produce. Mr Peacock attended the international conference of the Oxford Group Movement, at which twenty-seven countries were represented. At this conference he met the chief physician of the Henry Ford Hospital at Detroit, a bishop from Honk Kong, and another froui Persia. He had been told that it was mainly due to the influence of the Oxford movement that the union between English and Dutch had been made possible, in South Africa. ' As the examiner m dental surgery at Otago University, he .spent a. good I deal of his time in studying the latest advances in dental .science.