OPPOSED TO JUSTICE

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 276, 27 November 1935, Page 3

OPPOSED TO JUSTICE

MORTGAGE LEGISLATION STRUNG PROTEST VOICED

The <atlWta.de of the Mortgagees’ ’ and IciVestors Protection Association, j Chinistchurch, towlafrid the present legis- i Tation governing the relations between , lender and borrower was indicated at a recent meeting of the association when .the following resolutions were , carried ulrianimouisly:— “That thi|s meeting reaffirms its i previously expressed opinion that the Mortgagors and Tenants Relief Act and the Rural Mortgagors’ Final Adjutatjnetnlt Act aare inimical to the true

j interests of the people of New Zeai land, inasmuch as they contain proi visioins that) are utterly opposed to ■ equity a’nid justice, and are calculated. , to cause widespiread hardship and dis- ' tress. ’ ’

I “That as soon as the forthcoming i election has been held;, steps be taken !to bring under t"Ee notice of >tlhe ' Government the hardship and distress ' inflicted on mortgagees by the operation of these acts, with a view to having them efiKhielr repealed or sub- ' stan(tially amended.’ ’ j,. Mg T. BUxton, the chairman, said that the meeting had been called to explain the work done and show *‘how difficult it was to move an unwilling government?.”