MORE STATE HOUSES
PLANS OF GOVERNMENT THE QUESTION OF COST [ Per Press Association. ) HASTINGS, April 29. A statement that the Department of Housing Construction would con tinue Io let contracts throughout the Dominion for the erection of Statehouses so long as the need for additional housing exists and in quantities calculated to keep the building trade fully engaged, was made by Mi J. A. Lee to-day. Mr Lee added that no advantage would be gained from letting contracts when building materials and labour were not aavilable to have them erected and when this circumstance would only force up the price against the department.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 100, 30 April 1938, Page 14
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103MORE STATE HOUSES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 100, 30 April 1938, Page 14
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