An estate agent and valuer, giving evidence in a compensation case at Wellington, said that small cottages in suitable areas could be converted with advantage to the owners into workshops, and twice as much rent could be obtained for them as would be obtained if the cottages were used for residential purposes. _That had been proved in York street. It surprised him at the time, but it was a fact. The city solicitor: “No wonder the cost of living is going up.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 3993, 23 September 1930, Page 51
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