CROWN TENANTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19450, 27 March 1933, Page 11

CROWN TENANTS

GOVERNMENT’S INTENTIONS ON RENT REDUCTIONS.

The following letter explaining the Government’s intentions with regard to reductions in rent payable by Crown tenants has been received by Mr C. W. Markham, secretary of the Crown Tenants' Association, from Mr H. R. Robinson, Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands:

“The Department is not insisting on payment of the arrears where the lessee is not in a position to meet them, but is insisting upon payment of the balance of the rents affected by the reduction. That is to say if a man gets a reduction of say 50 per cent, as from July 1 last, then he must pay the balance of rent which fell due in July and January last. We will not insist upon payment of the arrears owing prior to that date if he can show that he is not in a position to meet them. We expect all tenants to meet whatever amount they can possibly pay, and if they are able to pay the arrears or any portion of them, then we expect them to do so. I trust this will make the position clear."