RAILWAY DWELLINGS.
INCREASED RENTALS. ' V •;■■■• .■■■ ■■■.;>■ ■ j"i ■ 'j' • (>«««» March 5. The "Very heavy incragseg in the rentals of the houses'.leased to railway servants bj' the Department hAve hsen brought under the notice af Wfr A. JB. Ansell, member for Chalmers, the in-, creases In some opsos amounting to ns much as 800 par cent. lui|tiins§s ot the increases, which cams iijtQ f o?c§ on Pfih' ruary Ist, are 93 follows; — Old. New. s. d. ' s. d. 7 fi 22 f> . li! 0 33 a 15 0 .44 6 8 6 24 fl 6 6 19 0 0 8 28 8 - 10 6 ?4 6 Ifr Apgell pommwicated with, the Minister on the smbjeet and received ft reply atftting that thq increases were imposed fts a rpsnlt of fho Boygl Cpn}ir.ission's recommendations, and »ftpr very elope investigation. It was not considered that the me9j were hejng harshly dealt with. Mr Ansell says he intends to enter a protest , against thq - increases in the Hopse of Representatives.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20179, 6 March 1931, Page 4
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