ORAKEI VISITED.
HOUSES INSPECTED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Mat. 1. An interesting interlude in the Catholic centenary celebrations was provided to-day when many of the visiting prelates and priests were shown over the Government housing area at Orakei. The party was conducted over some of the houses by
Mr J. A. Lee, M.P. The scheme was described by Mr Lee as the best working-class scheme in the world, and a feature was that seven co-operative contracts had been let to groups of contractors. In answer to Archbishop Duhig he said that the rent charged for the houses of that type would average about 25s a week. A carpenter received 2s 9£d an hour and travelling time If he was working at a distance from the city, so the rental was slightly in excess of one day’s pay. The visiting prelates showed the greatest interest in the scheme and several expressed pleasure at the move to give people a home of their own with a plot of ground.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 79, 2 March 1938, Page 2
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