THE HOUSING PROBLEM.
CONDITIONS IN AUCKLAND DISGRACEFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS. (FfiOM OCR OWN Correspondent.) AUCKLAND, June 12. A disgraceful state of aft airs in the matter of housing conditions in certain' parts of the city was revealed by Mr K. J. Phelan at a meeting of tho City Council last evening, when ho reported that a white man and his wife with their seven children were sharing a house with eight Hindus in Alexandra street. Ho said the Europeans were occupying three rooms and the Asiatics the remainder of the house. A rent of £4 was 1 being paid for the whole building. Ho suggested that the Works Committee should look into the matter and have the house condemned or made suitable for human habitation, and that an effort should be made to have tho Hindus removed. The matter was noted for the attention of the committee.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19505, 13 June 1925, Page 9
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147THE HOUSING PROBLEM. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19505, 13 June 1925, Page 9
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