SOLDIERS TAX AUCKLAND ACCOMMODATION
(P.A.) AUCKLAND. June 5. A great influx of soldiers on weekend leave to-day created an acute accommodation problem in Auckland. All accommodation places were early booked out and hostels, some of which provided for nearly double the number of men usually accepted, were compelled to turn men away. Most fortunate are soldiers and airmen who have homes to go to. The Mayor (Mr J. A, C. Allum) said a warning should be given before such large numbers of men were given leave to spend a night in the city. “We cannot conjure beds, blankets, and sheets out of the air,” he said. Also, it was Impracticable to use the Government House Services’ Club for sleeping purposes.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23967, 7 June 1943, Page 4
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