Housing
p. 57 · Read in the full issue
Plans To Improve Ci
PLANS to improve housing
conditions in the Cook Islands were announced in New Zealand last month by the Minister of Island Territories (Mr. T L Macdonald). The scheme is divided into three sections—direct subsidy loans to individuals, and loans to the local co-operative thrift and loan society.
The first part of the scheme was designed to mobilise available local labour and resources for new and better housing, Mr. Macdonald said Families wishing to qualify would be required to give a rough outline
of their proposed new home to a iocal committee on each island TThe second section involved loans i°^c he T l mes sta te Advances loans. It was intended that the Ipans system, once firmly estab lished, should replace the other two parts of the scheme, and provide the people with a continuous source of loans for housing.
The third part provided for loans to the local co-operative and thrift society to enable it to begin lending to members for house-building immediately. t The Rev. Dr. Maldwyn Edwards, of Birmingham, a world figure in the Methodist Church, recently paid a 10 days’ visit to Fiji.