HOUSING IN BRITAIN.
THE GOVERNMENT'S SCHEME. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Roceijved .August 8. 6.5 p.m.) LONDON, August 7.
Ministers and representatives of master and operative builders discussed the Government plan to accelerate housebuilding. The Government proposes a mobile army of workmen available to proceed wherever required, dilution of labour, and piecework, the Government guaranteeing five years' work, provision for bad weather, standard piecework rates, geilerous maintenance allowances for mobilised men. The next move is a conferenoe between masters and men. Meanwhile, the men's representatives say that they will not have piecework or dilution at any price.
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Lyttelton Times, 9 August 1920, Page 7
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101HOUSING IN BRITAIN. Lyttelton Times, 9 August 1920, Page 7
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