During tho summer of 1909 the value of houses built in London was £1)20.597. In the corresponding period of the next year—Mr George had just begun to get to work then—it had sunk to £Ps().2'i.j. This year, when the effect of tlfc Finance Act is being .more fully appreciated, it has sunk to £003.104. Between tho first year and tin third there is a difference of £317.-133. Considering the enormous proportion which wages bear to every other expense in connection with, building, the loss to the men engaged in the industry is terrible.—-" Globe."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10418, 23 March 1912, Page 7
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