HOUSING IN ENGLAND
SLUMS DISAPPEARING NEW ZEALANDER IMPRESSED On his recent visit to England Mr. L. T. Watkins, of Wellington, was particularly impressed with tho housing schemes there and tho advancement of social community amenities. Young people, ho said, were encouraged to buy houses, and the fact that they owned a piece of England had a valuable psychological clfect. "The old-timo slums aro rapidly disappearing, and tho worst have gone," stated Mr. Watkins in an interview. "Tho Prince of Wales headed a great movement in this direction. During the year or more wo were in England we motored all over the country and it was a real pleasure to see the new well-built five-to-six-room brick houses erected in all parts, even to some extent in the distressed areas. "Between six and seven millions of these houses are already built and occupied. Building goes on at tho rate of at least half-a-million a year, and this is quite evidently not fast enough."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22247, 23 October 1935, Page 14
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