One Room for a Family
A woman arrived in tears in the Labour Department’s offices -in Christchurch' with the complaint that her landlord had ordered her out of her home by the evening. When Mr. R. T. Bailey (officer in charge) made inquiries, he found that the woman was living in 'one room with her two Children, a boy Of 10 years arid a girl of eight years. .She was expecting a third child "Shortly and her husband was in .the armed forces. The rent for the room was 22s 6d. Mr. Bailey sent the 'woman 1 home with instructions to tell .the-landlord he would be dealing with- the Labour' -Department from i rKW«on. •- r c "‘
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20862, 14 August 1942, Page 2
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116One Room for a Family Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20862, 14 August 1942, Page 2
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