MEN AND WIVES LEAVE N.Z.
“Disillusionment And Disgust”
RECENT ARRIVALS FROM ENGLAND
OBJECTION TO COST OF LIVING
(United Press Association)
WELLINGTON, May 23.
A fortnight in New Zealand has been enough for two Englishmen and their wives who came with the intention of settling. They left again by the Remuera from Wellington this afternoon in a state, to use their own words, of disillusionment and disgust. They were Mr and Mrs C. Perks and Mr and Mrs W. A. Walton. Mr and Mrs Walton had two children, aged 12 and six. Mrs H. Harvey, who saw them off, also arrived with her husband and two children a fortnight ago. She said berths were not available for them, or they, too, would have been returning to England. Though the difficulty of . securing somewhere to live has been the chief one confronting the three families, they expressed themselves disgusted at living costs generally. They were attracted by publicity matter issued through agents by New Zealand House, London, painting a bright picture of conditions in the Dominion and containing no warning of a housing shortage. Mr Perks said that he thought of buying a house, but after being shown some at about £2OOO, which he could match in England for £5OO, he gave it up.
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Southland Times, Issue 23825, 24 May 1939, Page 6
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