SEIZING HOUSES
POWER IN VICTORIA GOVERNMENT’S PLANS (N.Z. Press Association.—Copyright.) (12.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Aug. 7. Municipal and shire councils in Victoria will be given power to install tenants in houses which have been unoccupied for an unreasonable length of time.
The Premier (Mr Dunstan) said legislation providing for this power would be introduced in the State Parliament. Neither the people nor the Government would tolerate action by the “vigilantes” in seizing homes.
“The Government is determined to sc© that law and order are maintained,” ho said. “There is no room for direct action and people who take part in unlawful activities will have to take the consequences.” The Victorian State accommodation officer has sent letters to about 50 owners of empty houses in Melbourne seaside districts asking them to agree to let the buildings to tenants. Jn a report to Cabinet on the activities of the Melbourne “vigilantes” the Victorian Chief Commissioner of Police (Mr Duncan) said the police would not tolerate mob rule even though inspired by the most humane intentions.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 212, 7 August 1945, Page 5
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