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position in Scotland' STEEL HOUSES TO BE BUILT. Australian and N.Z Cable Association. LONDON, January 27. Mr Stanley Baldwin, speaking at Stirling, said it was necessary to build 1 20,000 houses a year in Scotland for 15 years to overcome the shortage. Statistics showed that 8 per _ cent, of the population were living in single room's, and 39 per cent, in two rooms. The Government was dissatisfied with the present rate of building. It bad been decided to construct 2000 steel houses in Scotland a year. He denied that he was fighting the unions or that he was desirous of. re " ducing the builder’s standard of living. Tho engineering ■ trade unions were pressing for an increase of £1 a week. The demand had been in abeyance pending the Government’s unsuccessful efforts to secure a general' ratification of the international eight-hour day convention.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12357, 29 January 1926, Page 3
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