Vandalism In HalfBuilt State Houses
(Special) AUCKLAND, This Day. Evidence of widespread vandalism committed in partially completed State houses is being revealed as builders resume operations on these dwellings after being engaged on war work. .Some of these houses were in an unfinished state when skilled workers were called away 12 or 15 months ago to carry out more urgent defence undertakings. . Now these men have been released from this high priority work and, in many cases, they have returned to their house building jobs only to be faced with a scene of desolation. Windows have been broken by the hundred, electric fittings have been damaged or removed and fittings, difficult to replace, have been stolen. Structural timbers have even .been wrenched out and considerable quantities of timber have been taken from sections.
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Northern Advocate, 1 October 1943, Page 2
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