HOUSING IN ENGLAND.
“ A MATTER FOR CRAVE CONCERN.” PLAIN TALK BY LABOUR. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received September 4, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON. September 3. Mr Walker, president of the Trades Union Congress, presiding at the National Housing Conference convened by the Labour Party, said : “It, is a. matter for grave concern that so many houses which should ho condemned and pulled down have to bo inhabited because there is no other accommodation. It is dreadful to think of the refinements and luxuries permitted among the wealthy, while the? workers arc compelled to endure discomfort- associated with such hovels as the average miner's cottage. I hav»-> read of toilet saloons in London where patrons think nothing of spending seven or eight guineas on shampoos and such tomfoolery. 1 have read of women taking the best room- and bedin hotels for pampered pet dogs.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16829, 4 September 1922, Page 7
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