A SHILLING A DAY

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 January 1928, Page 2

A SHILLING A DAY

ENGLISH SEASIDE COTTAGES. It is still possible in changing England, to obtain a seaside cottage at a rental of a shilling a day. The progress of modern science has made it unnecessary for the Government to employ as many men as formerly in the protection of the shores of England, and a few lucky people who have searched in vain for years for a seaside retreat have at last found their refuge in a coastguard cottage. An applicant for such a cottage stated recently that on applying to the Government’s Office of Works, she was informed of two vacant cottages at Atherfield Coastguard Station in the Isle of Wight. “The details given astonished me,” she said. “Each cottage had three bedrooms, a sittingroom, kitchen and larder, coalhouse and garden. The Office of Works had no wish to tie me to more than a weekly agreement, and the rent of the cottages, including rates and taxes, was 7/6 a week each. “I felt a thrill of excitement when I noticed that I was asked to state if I were prepared to render the Coastguard any auxiliary assistance if required. Sub-letting, furnished or unfurnished, is not allowed, and accepted tenants must conform to anj r local regulations of the coastguard station.”