WORKERS’ FLATS
ON PRINCE OF WALES’ ESTATE. MOST UP-TO-DATE YET. ( British Official WireleM.) Received July 12, 11.5 p.m. RUGBY, July 11. The Prince of Wales this afternoon opened two blocks of London’s most up to-date workers’ fiats, erected on waste ground on his own Duchy of Cornwall estate at Kennington. The buildings, which are regarded a» a model of their kind, are in the form of a square, with balconies round each floor and gardens in the centre. The design, which was adopted at the special instance of the Prince, includes tiled fireplaces, hot water in »hc bathrooms and washable walls. Three rooms jn the flats will be rented at 15s weekly and large flats at £l. The buildings will house 92 families and the front will be floodlight at night.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 163, 13 July 1933, Page 5
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