FINE HOMES IN TIMARU
[Per Press Association. Conyright.l TIMARU, This Day.
“In probably no city in New Zealand would one find such a great variety of well constructed houses of brick veneer on a concrete foundation as are to be found in Timaru, M
said Mr J, A. Lee. Parliamentary Under-Secretary-in-Charge of Hous-
j ing, when visiting Timaru yesterday. | He could not help being impressed j by the fact that Timaru appeared to | be engaging in a sounder type of con- i struction than obtained in any other | town. Since it was the intention of 1 the Ministry of Housing to utilise 1 brick veneer with a concrete founda- j tion in the construction of houses! under the State scheme, but, with a I tiled roof rather than tin, it would be j understood how pleased he was with i what he had seen in Timaru, said Mr. Lee. He would not say that he had been examining prospective sites, but his attention had been drawn to some exceptionally fine sites owned by the Crown in Timaru,
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Northern Advocate, 10 December 1936, Page 6
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