HOUSING CONDITIONS
WHEATLEY WILL SOLVE THEM STRONG DENUNCIATION. Reuter's Telegram. (Received January 28, 9.20 p.m J LONDON, January 27. In a speech in London Mr Georg* Lanshury intimated that Mr Macdonald had offered him a Ministerial post-, bat as it was outside the Cabinet ho decided it was not worth sacrificing his independence for. In a speech at Glasgow the Minister of Health (Air John Wheatley), strongly denounced housing conditions. He did not reveal nis plans, Iwyond suggesting that the country’s credit must be used to" bring the unemployed into touch with building materials. He declared that the Government’s demands for housing would vastly exceed the demands of the late Government. - He was not at all nervous. If the British people would support him in a reasonable scheme he would put the problem on the way to- solution. Mr George Lansbury, formerly La- - - hour M.P., is editor of the “Daily Herald.” ' '
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11739, 29 January 1924, Page 7
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151HOUSING CONDITIONS New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11739, 29 January 1924, Page 7
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