HOUSING CAMPAIGN IS IN EARNEST.
LONDON, July .10.— London, begins ou Monday a. week.'s extensive campaign to secure the. notation of five million pouifh, six per cpnt. housing bondsY House-to-house canvassing, cinemas, meetings" fn]huiherableY every means' of propaganda will -be employed. London's housing- problem is exceedingly seriqus, nearly every district, rer porting not a single house "to , let, .while tens of : thousands of people are .clamoring for accommodation. Even before th,. war 750,000 Londoners lived more thai! two m a room. Bdroiigh* officials report ten's of thousands of houses now ; occupied its unfit for residence. The boiwigh§ pr«k pose to build twleve thousand houses for :l start. Three times as inaiiy are wanted. ; * •
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15303, 26 August 1920, Page 8
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113HOUSING CAMPAIGN IS IN EARNEST. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15303, 26 August 1920, Page 8
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