THE HOUSING PROBLEM.
SCOTLAND'S NEEDS.
THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, Jan. 27.
Mr Baldwin, speaking at Stirling, said it would be necessary to build 20,Q00 houses yearly in Scotland for the next 15 years to overcome the shortage. Statistics showed that 8 per cent, of tho population are living in single rooms, and 39 per cent, in two rooms. The Government was not satisfied with the present rate of building, and had decided to construct 2000 steel houses in Scotland yearly. lie denied that he is fighting the trade unions or that he is desirous of reducing the builders' standard of living. The engineering trade unions were pressing for an increase of £1 weekly, but the demand had been in abeyance pending the Government's successful efforts lo secure a general ratification of the international eighthour day convention.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16711, 29 January 1926, Page 5
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