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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 75, 29 March 1919, Page 5

The continued agitation of the housing question by public bodies led a Dominion representative to make inquiries yesterday into ;ho prospects of early .action by the Workers' Dwellings Board, An officer of the Labour Department stated -hat the high price Of maerials for building was still proving a bar tq immediate action, in the meantime, however, the board was making extensive investigations in the hope of opening up cheaper sources of supply than had hitherto been available, it was also ob aining reports on various blocks of land that ha<l been offered as sites lor dwellings, a gentleman who has long been interested in the problem of providing homes lor Workers said to tile reporter that the proposal of the Hon. A. M. Myers for the establishment of a Government purchases board might, if adopted, make possible the provision at lower rates of the ma'dials required.

yl local native discovered off the Otakeho ehoro last week what at first was taken to bo a mine, states the ilawera Star. Some local residents investigated, and found washed ashore a float which had been set adrift at Gape Farewell by the Marine Department to show the direction of the tides and current,, for the purpose of locating floating mines, Borne of which are still supposed to be adrift*. The float had a bottle attached containing papers asking for information as to when and where found. Those have been forwarded to the proper quarters.