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Ch.mber · o~Com­

Ns!ybery.- ,!ent into
modern, Wllt h refer~
ho'~.;nG' ; .!>robl<'m.
He attribute.
acute shortage to the

at · Hope
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the eatire
Fmance Act 01 11910

. nope Iltothers have every- requirement
CoUege Outfits. , In the selechod of the
the mhking, the main purpose has
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W. R. :s;
powell,
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been ~~! thorou~bly disand on~ the platform that
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siderablf saving over
cOIllparetl.

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A Sameant waa In the cha.lr. and the
&ttenda.nee""nc~' ded the Mayor (Mr. Stanley
and MOSSfS A. Nev.:bery, F . t.: It
l!" '!.'.~g,,!' ~ .A.
ox, W. H Short, E. 0 Farrer.
T. Morley, R. J. Venner. F.
';::~~n~~i,:.;.;n~~I Perrl/l, J. Jelly. R Stlleo, J S·1
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the I eubJcct or
Whi~CI "ithhbld.
be refh.ed to lar
ju.d.;~'t. OOIlSldered tbe mat.-

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in these last few da~s before the A41:UIIlln
}Vint~r Term,-is the tlmel to ov'~rh:.u~
'jlutli,ts, -to make good deficiendes,
nu,d,.SI'"
t~ose aa~itions necessary for the fom~ng

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ISSUeswen in view.

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Th e. .\fall Ord! r pepa1"tm~"t
by post, (Iud customers ca"

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The grumthe
speaker'
show-

Immcdi\.te problem
houses it waa a. fact that
enough to go ' roulld, mOre
than could be &ecommoc~,ef'ulily eonaidcrnlg the
positIOn, t.he
Officer ~LmsJ.ed the
sbortage at 5OO~hOU8es, and the Housing Comm ltt.ee of the orporatlOn woia cbarged with

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The Panshine Canister
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parlour shines, <ill
marble, glassware;
w~re. - Shake out a shine
.a little Panshine does it.
J~ft in store for
cfor Pari~hinle is so eCQlllpIlr4i~
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..P.ANSfIINE will ml2k. Ith / Julled

it for Pota, I!'drta, Knivtn. Forha

Spoona Scrub your Flt,or."and
With
It For t ieanrnll
Paint anf Linoleuml

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,O f all Grocer,!, Stores,
Chandlers, etc.

lN (2d. PACKETS
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LiYel'pooi, ~Ddoo aDd Wake6eld. ·~

Thp Value 01 Home

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nothing elae to
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no tbouibt or
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who bad been all"

apIP'ov,", or Sund4'y games,

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from a. r e.aoluljQn
of 145 Bi&h~{I8 of
the four l Arch
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The demaniJ has ~
tional, and though
18 making every effort

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andthe
10ber
was
best self.
and
IDC every

which :' compel ManflBld's to
print this apology, and ask
fol: ths indulgence '01 tho.e !Who
arB on the waiting

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After,.ardi Mr. D:ilTON gn\"e IV uCld descrlption of the type- of houae which _the opmmlttee pr..QJ>Osr to erect, and It. disc 81lon enm~.
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NE'WBERY said. that t.ho 'oonslderat:.ion of auch
obarges~ as light, wa.ter, etc, for - the Dew
OU&e8 would come under the jurll~dlction of
Management Commlttee) which had noll
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Mr. lTUDOR wanted to kt)ow w~ethel" &:a. o)t
lectric 'light would be lDat.aJ.led.
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""""(gOB-for the mo.t paril: ,l
A knotty point was cleared up
aslam 8J3ked precisely wha.t
tbo :t.ocal Government Board'.
t~e rente: should be reaeona.ble

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on an Inwft.rd con·
No provision
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sees (olthat! For
are tcars to bem~ndcd, the bUST hel.G.·ewife

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upre...d

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b Sl"ts, DrtlPttra, ,~dd.;,,,~,~,,,,

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economic aouudn663 of the
sbven or eight hu-.oo
the average coat ofthe
other mUDlclpahtu~.
T1,er~fc"e.
bore In mind the e.{.tra.

to bf! incurred, they

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poIlt1on was
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it wa.a ovi~(!nt,

UEICEsTER RUBBER
'125. Gramby Milia, LEICI!$l'EiR
, DEMONSTRATIONS' AT

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and ..... Hmit
oi 1- penny rate, I e.,
cue- of Rea(hpg- the rest
to be borne by VOhe ·taxpa.yer
~In h .. vIew 'ilia houses of the
have allotments outRide the
~li..ed that could be done .wilJtoI,tl
increuing th~ !ooet of the

.ptght be arguea \hat the 'o.m _'... jticiJ;~ti"g

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build •

betl;er -c1...

worki~* c ! _,.had 1lee";n~:~~~'~:1:
Re 'liouJ~' th.'\ 'hey d.
\It&D tb., which they had Jhad
ita the pa&~. Be conlJder~d
thnDiFJP~lty

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give

were 'alii) home., and
be dono by carrymg
had beeu. ini~at.ed,
.1 Mr. NEWB)lRY ...ur~
}tond a doubt eon.ldera.tion

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t~e HOUilJlg'iCommittee to
r~turned soldiera. -

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most critical could

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Mr NE\VBER"Y eonftrmod
lUggutlon tnat the budders would
i.o
lubmit with thou plana to thh,e~o:~;~~~t~~~~
to a. certaltl

an tron', tpreads out lthe garment, Illps
Mend-a'-Tear bene:ttl' the
and
the iron.
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t.bifd le88 than at, present., nnd on
t~y J Wnflldered that the rents pbtainalble
I oult! be two-tlurds of a. fap'
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art ... nor book&in that ,odl1neEa
And to gain therr
to forego tbeir

tp ~ t.he

cost of ffhe liouaee
pl&ined that the Board
rightly or wrongly, that 10 about
time thc oost of bUlldmg would be

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not be
scheme at tl!ef Obt8et,'... it. "at
prOVUJiOM would
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overtahBI there arii 8t11l arrears;

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the <JJ\amberi of Com~
eenoys.. SlOn8J:deratl~r ' to the
of -the ma.tter, 'iin d
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to oe
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'housmg

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labour or State sl&very.

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was not to d~tr.o~ c8.pf~JUI but
number of capltalUiu UDtll
ca.plt&h8t~ that IS, bad some-

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mcrea&ed by ownership. It formed tho
centre of famlly lila, 'and. to po.ssess a 1I0me of
IilitI own waa one1 of
1 tho noblest ambIt.lons -which
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could fill a. man's hear.!. Some Amorlcan OItics
great etJ.couragement to 'thll scheme and
a. spoc,al ! d epartment to faCIlitate l house
Ilmorch ..,e.
As to the kmd of houses to be
In the past It wu DO uncommon thlDg
whole street to be ~bUllt of h ouses all
StandardisatIon was I good iOr maclunes,
i or ~mds In thIS connection 11. W&II
note that the CorporatIon would build
of houses. The hIgh cost ...Qf ever.ythe
Ime tended to hmlt and
ttlte...
of acceS$(mc.s
Bath.
Plans for the first. houses to
Grosvenor R oad were now
and tenders ' would be inVited at OJ:lC3e for
e rect.loh, btit the supply of bocka was
1 ~"l"j,cl""1! and coal was Bcarce and -dear.

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The eVIls of 1 ~dlord l8m
be _ g~ rid of by abohshm; prIvate
o.• ,nersl,';v. The nlOst wastefu1 and extl'ava-.
all systems I was State management.
The ned wasteful was mUniCipal or DistrIct
CounCil management The least 80 wa.a private
maQagement. ,Sneakmg of t he prop08ed~uni­
clplil ColoDJes, on gtilrdell city hoes, Mr. Ne'Wbery said he thought! there was a grea.t fu ture
fO f the- Public UtilIty Soclety . . ~ It was C~
oPi rat.lve Buddtng', or Tenants Co-Partnership.
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ahut out other sources of supply

lofJF dull pan. bright, and the brillh,,,.t

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wouiU lbe to r.e-estabhs confidence in the
secuiitj..+of hO~8e property and t..o..nttract capIand Ic nterpl'lse iD tO"-blll ldmg by holding out
eDcou~ agement and a.81,Ustnnce In stead of cont.mual repressibn u.nd restriction ~Fo r \ohe
Immediate need It was neceli8ary that the
or mumclp'al!ty should proV].de
but I~ must :\~ done "Ith care, 10 as

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competition for t hose a lready bUITt, .... ~nd a
bouse was nob" a permanency, It had to CQDle
to
end some d,,"r. • '~here were poop\e who
wer pleaS'c'd at ' thls st.a.te Of affairs, because
they thought , It wo~~ drive ,the whole ' question back upon t.he~overnmcllt and -compel
the State to provide houses for
TJlat )wouJd 00 a. most dep lor able t hlDg The
cost would be en€lrmously greater than houses
p; ovlded b y prtvate enterprise, a faet.or which
wbuld also apply to matDtenance an d mana.gement Tho rents, If econom IC, would be far
toO Illg h , and If n nt t he loss wou ld form a
hEtavy charge upon the t.a.:fpaycr.
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Pan shine-a
shine-everything dteal[leldc:..-te'velrYI)oIIihap~.Y!r
th~t' 5 the result of the a D~lllIllle direct ml~tho~
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of the houslln g difficulty of to-day,
Other
Cl\.uses had operated, but to a. far less degree.
lliong these wle re the mcreaslDg bur(lens and
responsibilIties WhlOh ) pubhc authontle8 had
plIed Jlpon householders, the st.rmgency of bye.
law8, eS'pcclal1y with I1)gllrd to the costbness of
r oad making, the demands of saU1tary~ inspec- In
tors, too contmual abuse of landlords; and the
odium attachmg to rent·collecting. The promoters of'thdt 1910 Budget no doubt h onestly
thought It would create a boom In the buildlDg
trade,l instead of which It killed It The specu·
lll.bng butld<[r ha.d fillod a public want m the
past, yet It pad been customary to !use hIm.
That Fmance Act hap brought him
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every effect t.here must be a cau:;;o, 80 why the
present &hort.ng~" Fa!' fouJ'l year! puilding had
absolutely ~topped , but . .there ,as l a shortage
bofore the war.J He spoke wIth absolute impart.'! ~ laud witHout poht1.cal bH~s v; hen he Bald
thi ~!~he IlI-conceived Finance Act of ' 1909-10

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th e provlslon of 600 Ten years ago t6ert) was
nQ shortage,
how did It come about'? Tt
w~ cstlmated ha.t only a. decade back there
were ' 2,000 e~pty houses m fteadmg. For

pa:d OU l II orders

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