LONDON SQUATTERS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 September 1946, Page 7

LONDON SQUATTERS

MR. ATTLEE UNABLE TO SEE DEPUTATION MET BY HOUSEKEEPER (Rec. 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 16. A deputation of squatters from Fountain Court waited at No. 10 Downing street this afternoon and received from the housekeeper a letter from the Prime Minister- (Mr. Attlee) saying that ho was unable to see them. The leader of the deputation said he had hoped to present a petition with 2000 signatures asking that Fountain Court be provided with electricity and other amenities. The deputation will now refer Mr. Attlee’s' refusal to a full meeting of Fountain Court squatters. The Minister of Health (Mr. A. Bevan) and the Minister of Works (Mr. Tomlinson) have agreed to meet a London Trades Council deputation on September 18 on the subject of squatting. , . , . Holyrood House, Scotland, is being guarded, says the Daily Express, after reports that the palace is listed by squatters. ARMY PREMISES OCCUPIED IN CANADA OTTAWA, Sept. 15. By a swift invasion of empty Army premises, the newly-formed Veterans’ Housing League in the last 10 days settled more than 10,000 persons. Six families to-day were placed in vacant barracks on Porter’s Island, near the mouth of the Rideau river. The league earlier commandeered two large residences in the Sandy Hill district, which had just been vacated by members of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps, and settled 22 families in them. The Army still controls the residences. and points out that families will have to move eventually, but promises that they will not be put on the street.