WANGANUI EVICTION
NO DEMONSTRATION
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
WANGANUI, This Day. A section of Wanganui's population witnessed an eviction of a relief worker Ji. J. Read, with his family, comprising his wife and six children, (ages 2 to 1" years) from their residence on, Somme Parade. The residence was owned by the Wanganui City Council. Bead has been a tenant for two years and eight months, and his arrears of rent were £103. During that period he paid only 12s rent, maintaining that relief money was not sufficient to keep his family. ' . .
There was no sign of a demonstration. Two relief' workers addressed the gathering, requesting that there should bo no demonstration. Furniture transported by the Court bailiff was deposited under a tree on the river bank.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 27, 1 February 1934, Page 12
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