SLUM CLEARANCE
PROGRESS IN BRITAIN LOCAL BODY SCHEMES (British Official Wireless.) Rce. 2 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 27. The Minister of Health, Sir E. Hilton Young, informed the House of Commons that the Exchequer had placed £1,000,000 at his disposal to assist; local authorities in the provision of better water supplies in rural areas. Regarding slum clearance, the Minister said that of 1717 local authorities who had received a circular requiring the submission of schemes for total elimination within five years of all slums, and the provision of , alternative accommodation, all but 45 ' had now submitted programmes, or ; satisfied him that they were taking t action. '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18257, 28 November 1933, Page 6
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105SLUM CLEARANCE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18257, 28 November 1933, Page 6
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