REMOVAL OF SLUMS.
LARGE MEASURE OF SUCCESS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Nov. 20. Referring to domestic matters in the House of Lords, the King, in the Speech from the Throne, said:— “My Ministers, in. conjunction with local authorities, are pressing forward with the task of clearing slums, in regard to which the national conscience has been so deeply stirred. So great a measure of success is being attained that my Ministers are able to contemplate the next step in the process of improving the housing conditions of the people. A Bill will accordingly be submitted .to you for preventing overcrowding and making provision for rehousing of those found to be living in overcrowded conditions.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 305, 22 November 1934, Page 7
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114REMOVAL OF SLUMS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 305, 22 November 1934, Page 7
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