PALATIAL BUILDING
HEAVIER PENALTIES ACTION URGED BY M.P. (P.R.) WELLINGTON. Sept. 4. Gaol without the option of a fine for Pcodlc found wilfully defying the building regulations was advocated by Mr. T. E. Skinner (Govt-. Tamaki) in the House of Representatives yesterday when discussing an answer to a question he asked about, a case in Dargaville. The Minister of Works, Mr. R Semple, was asked whether he would ascertain what action, if any, was to be taken against a member of the Dargaville Borough Council for deliberately defying the building controller. The Minister’s reply said that the attention of the controller had already been drawn to that matter, and when an investigation into the circumstances was complete, whatever action appropriate would be taken. “A fine is only a license fee for those who build palatial homes,” said Mr. Skinner. New Zea'and -should follow the example of England and Australia so that these flouting the regulations would get gaol. It was time the penalties were overhauled and the regulations as well so that there would be more power to see that materials were used in the right places, to build homes where the-" wo™ nonrled most.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22425, 4 September 1947, Page 3
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