MELBOURNE'S HOVELS.
RACK RENTS IN THE SLUMS. I Recpivrd 10.20 a.m. i MELBOURNE, this dar. Before the Housing Commission, cvi fVnce was produced of thr existence of many hovels. In some suburbs several families herded together, and somo thr°e roomed places were occupied br nin>' persons. -Many houses '.vere insajiilary. rotting, aril without hallis. One street o' 1G liouse.- contained one bath only. Kxorbitant rents charged for th? hovels.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 278, 21 November 1913, Page 5
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69MELBOURNE'S HOVELS. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 278, 21 November 1913, Page 5
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