SHORTAGE OF WORKERS
ERECTION OF STATE HOUSES I United Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. Since the inauguration of the Government’s housing scheme, provision has been made for the construction of more than 6000 houses. Close on 2400 houses have been completed and let. More than 2200 houses are under construction. Building is going forward in 85 towns. The number of men employed in State housing is now 5578. The Minister of Housing, the Hon. T. Armstrong, said yesterday that the main difficulty was to obtain skilled workers in building construction. Though more buildings were at hand, the rate of completion was slower because so many more public and private buildings were absorbing a very large number of men. “It seems to me.” added the Minister, "that housing of the people should be given precedence, but I recognise clearly that progress in respect of other buildings should not be checked.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 28 January 1939, Page 8
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