HOUSING POLICY
THE GOVERNMENT’S SCHEME EVIDENCE BY BUILDERS' FEDERATION (Per United Press Association) INVERCARGILL, October 25. General agreement with the Government’s future housing policy as outlined in the pamphlet prepared by the Minister of Finance, Mr J. G. Coates, was expressed to-day by Mr A. J. Ball, president of the Builders and Contractors’ Federation of New Zealand. “ The federation agrees that some definite control over the housing problem is necessary,” said Mr Ball. “It is suggested that provision should be made for the establishment of a board with five or six members to control housing, but «in our opinion that number might with advantage be reduced to three, including one member of the federation.” He added that the master builders themselves had for some time been endeavouring to obtain registration, which they agreed would be in the general interests and to the advantage of the public. A registered builder would be under control not only as regards himself, but his building operations as well, including the cost of materials supplied. Registration would result in a better class of builder coming forward. He understood that in several Australian States there had been a similar agitation for registration.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22712, 26 October 1935, Page 8
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196HOUSING POLICY Otago Daily Times, Issue 22712, 26 October 1935, Page 8
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