MORE HOUSES SEIZED
RETURNED SOLDIERS' ACTION. SYDNEY, Aug. 5. A group of returned soldiers has seized 13 empty houses in Melbourne during the past three weeks. The leader of the group said that seven more houses would be taken over next week unless the Government compelled their owners to sell or let them. The group had 1500 members including many service women. Only one case of seizure of a house is reported in Sydney. This form of direct action is strongly condemned by the Sunday Telegraph. The paper, in an editorial, says: "It is infectious, undesirable and dangerous. The housing shortago is acute, but the seizure of property will not euro tho shortage. Tho plight of an ex-serviceman with a family but no home makes direct action tempting, but illegal short-cuts will only aggravate the position."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 211, 6 August 1945, Page 5
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