The acuteness of the housing situation at Palmerston North was fprther testified to the other day by the exclamations of joy with which a party of house-seekers came upon a house which had no blinds to the windows, and with an air of desertion, seemed to offer tenancy with open arms (says a local paper). The male of the party proceeded to climb a ladder resting against the front verandah in a thorough examination, while the two ladies—one exclaiming enthusiastically, “I’ll take it even if it’s haunted!” — proceeded to the rear of the mansion. That their confidence was misplaced and their joy a little premature was brought home when a head appeared through a window, and a voice with a tone implying ownership inquired testily: “What do you want here?”
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12014, 17 December 1924, Page 6
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