Land Sales Options

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 August 1947, Page 2

Land Sales Options

■. Str;4—ln: regard to " your report; thrit th i &“ Land Sales Committee has no Jurisdiction; over"Qp>tidrfs' pT sales; •ih; law the'committee- brit; morally, it seems a s *trihe ! preterit tenant can be ousted 'arid'the shop" concerned given '.over ; to. aypur-, chaser in order to open n .garage,,or. extend a garage. The chairman of the committee, Mr M. WaHa'ceJ commented.that if the public interest in the establishment'.„Wa'fra'ritgd: fiction; if'wa's 'the' s place of the ■ public to port the occupier, Mr Hefihahi,' in h’is appeal. . Why-should the public ( be t deprived of a/house" of call w'h'ich'has been a landmark?. ..To' the’ vendbr, .apparently, it makes ■no ( (or very f little/ differeh’c'e,' ’ arid ’ I suggest -.. that, the; pUbliri should get behind 'Mr lienhaffv in, his keep; whSt he is, striving .'for.. ..Garages seem... to. be the 7 stumbling ’ block in r .many, instances.’- Had the property been: required for' syp?'pa.thy;_pf the*ordinary individuai'.for'.the J>rer_ serif .occupier of'.the shpp jyould doubt be less. .Whether, this. bO; th®.; fir?t voice, or pen iff support .of.the; Corner' House, I know not,' but I’ll' sigh myself,' ; - JIMMTTHE ONE. Gfeymbuth, August 11.