"BLANKET BACKYARDS."
- By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, October 15. Some interesting addresses were delivered to a meeting of men, in the Baptist Tabernacle iast night, upon the attitude of the church towards present day labour problems. The Rev. J. J. North, of Wellington, referred to the high price of land in Wellington, and to the little backyards, no bigger than a blanket, which the workers had to be content with. He was as certain as he lived that Wellington was one of the scandals of the universe. The working men's children were forced to play in the streets, which were hotbeds of corruption. His own children were also obliged to play there, because he could not afford a bigger rent. There was a "Kelly Gang" in the form of land syndicates and landgrabbers going round Wellington, and the sooner they did away with them the better. His definition of the rights of man was that "every man should get a fair whack."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8557, 16 October 1907, Page 6
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