BUILDING MATERIALS.
[BT TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION"
WELLINGTON. Wednesday.
Gixing evidence before the Industries Committee to-day Mr. R. W. De Montalk, architect, said there wrv< no doubt that houses could be erected in permanent materials at no greater cost than the present rates (or building in wood provided sufficient capital was found to deal with the enterprise on a fair scale. He suggested that the use of such materials instead of timber would be for the economic good of the community, and would assist in the conservation of timber supplies. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17167, 22 May 1919, Page 7
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