FAIR RENTS ACT
A BREACH BY OWNER.',;. (Per Press Association—Copyright). CHRISTCHURCH, September 18. “this is the first prosecution .of its kind which has come beforF me,'” said Magistrate Reid, when the. Labour. DeparQqgpt s pj;W} e< V\\ te v4,.« ( .^ l i^ ur i . .- Jf os <vm Choate, for a breach of the Fair Rents Act,., by obtaining possession pf a bouse from his tenant oil the representation that he ,needed it fof himself,;and, selling it within six months Hvitfibiut a Magistrate’s order. ... The prosecutor 'said the tefiaut, Patrick J. IMaggiii, had ; vacated' the hpUse on receipt of a written notice from Choate, who occupied the premises for only seven weeks, then selling the- bouse-. For the defence,' counsel' said Choate decided to sell owing to' tliii cost oilneeded repairs. Maggin "Tis • coniidrtably settled in another place. The Magistrate imposed - a fine of £-L and said be was not impressed by the way in which Mag-gin lihd brought the breach to the notice of the Labour Department.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1940, Page 6
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