STEEL HOUSES
CONSTRUCTION IN BRITAIN GOVERNMENT AND LOC&L BODIES’ EXPERIMENT, MR CHAMBERLAIN IMPRESSED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Reuter's Telegram. LONDON. December 17. In the House of Commons, Mr John Wheatley (Lab.) moved an Opposition amendment on the subject of the housing problem, regretting the Government’s neglect of the interests of. the working classes. Mr Neville Chamberlain. Minister - for Heoltb, contended that his Housing Act in 1923 had stimulated .building. Referring to the new Cheap and quick methods of. construction, he described Lord Weir’s proposed. steel houses, consisting of a timber frame covered with steel plate outside and a material of. wood pulp and asbestos inside. These, would cost * substantially less than brick, and their production would afford a large field of employment.
Mr Chamberlain was impressed with, this type of house, notwithstanding certain disadvantages, and had therefore arranged to allocate a sum of money to local authorities to enable them -to obtain some, which he hoped would be primarily used for demonnsration -purposes. ' The amendment was rejected by 356 votes to 136.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12016, 19 December 1924, Page 5
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171STEEL HOUSES New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12016, 19 December 1924, Page 5
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