GRASPING LANDLORDS.
THE STATE JOINS ISSUE. LIMITATION OF RENTS BILL. (Received Jan. 11, 8.21 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 10. A Labor Council deputation asked Mr Beeby to introduce a Limitation of Rents Bill, with a view to alleviating the distress amongst workers consequent on high rents. deputation tendered much information as to the difficulties of obtaining houses and the extortionate demands of landlords. Another plea was that the continued influx of immigrants would have to be reckoned with. Mr Beeby admitted that the question was one of extreme urgency. Next month the Government would introduce a bill to enable it to erect houses. The only way out of the difficulty was for the State to become a competitor with the landlords, tee regretted that the deputation had not furnished a practical scheme for limiting rents. If a workable scheme were submitted the Government would consider it.
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Northern Advocate, 11 January 1912, Page 5
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