FARMERS WANT HOUSES
IN PREFERENCE TO DANCE , HALLS At last Executive meeting of the New Zealand Farmers' Union (Auckland Province) a remit was received from Rotorua "That Avhere land is ready for settlement housing should be given priority so that» the land can be. settled." Mr L. A. Newell supporting the said the position was very bad, in the Rotorua district Avhere farms that the State had grassed had to get rid of their stock by sale and could not be set_ tied for lack of housing. It Avas a crying shame. Mr S. E. Hall seconded the remit which Avas carried. It Avas also agreed on Mr C. Harrison's suggestion that thfc attention of tlie Rehabilitation Committee should be darvvn to the par. ticular cases mentioned. Mr R. W. ; Dunning mentioned that a new hall had recently been erected at Whakatane. It appeared that it was possible to find timber and labour for a dance, hall in the tbwn but not for houses in the country.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 17, 23 October 1945, Page 5
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167FARMERS WANT HOUSES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 17, 23 October 1945, Page 5
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