SLUM CLEARANCE
PROGRESS MAINTAINED. (British Official AA’ireless.) Received September 11, 1.50 p.m. RUGBY, Sept. 10. The latest figures relating to slum clearance show that progress has been maintained in spite ot the holiday period. The number of new houses begun during July was well in advance of the previous figures, which compare as follow: —July, 6041; June, 5513; May, 4703; April, 4940. The number of new houses under construction in May was 28,504, and in April, 26,682. A total of 10,396 new houses was approved during 'August, compared with July (5270;, June (5242) and May (8808).
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 243, 11 September 1935, Page 8
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96SLUM CLEARANCE Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 243, 11 September 1935, Page 8
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