RISING RENTS
" WORKERS* PROTESTS. [Special to the ' Stab.'] WELLINGTON, April 18. A meeting of citizens to consider the problem of rising rents was called by the trades Council for this evening, but the attendance was meagre. Those present resolved themselves into a committee to arrange for a deputation to the Minister of Labor, also to report to a later meeting regarding the advisability of forming a rentpayera' association. "The speakers stated that Wellington rents showed in many cases a. rise from 10 to 10 per cent during the war period. Families weTe unable to pay these exorbitant rents, and found great difficulty in getting homes at, all. fhe result was overcrowding, several families often occupying the same house. One speaker stated that at least two-fifths of the workers' wages were absorbed by rent under present conditions, while the remaining three-fifths weTo seriously decreased in purchasing power owing to increased prices.
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Evening Star, Issue 16093, 19 April 1916, Page 8
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150RISING RENTS Evening Star, Issue 16093, 19 April 1916, Page 8
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