ACCOMMODATION IN LONDON

Chronicle (Levin), 6 April 1946, Page 5

ACCOMMODATION IN LONDON

(Sueoial Coi-respondent.)

s> WARNING TO NEW ZEALANBERS

Received Friday, 8.3,0 p.m. LONDON, April .5. . New . Zealanders who qpb^^iniatje, visiting Lpndqn must be encbuiiter tbe; greatest 4ii}ic^|i^ iiji SbvUring accammodation. luJL tbat it is mipossible tpF'j^^(k^jnmodation in "advance for them. A warning was recently issued by the Minister of Health pointing ppt itbe crow(le(l state of London 'and tbe i^ipossibility of obtaining loftgings, 394s is enclorsed b,y New Zealand' Ilpus'e, where the ofiicials state tbat they are at a lcss to know how to deal with requests by New Zealanders arriving in Lopdon 'to help them to find accom|xiodation. , "The situation is almost impossible and we feel that New v Zealanders sbould know before they arrive hpre that there»is very little we can do fqr them.''' T-bls statement is supportgd by a letter to the Times from the secretaries of the Welfare Association and the Centcal •Qquncil for Social Welfare of Girls and Women m London. It states, "It is iiterally true to say that all iodgings qf every kind are filled. Much accq.mbiodatipn formerly .ayall^ie Iqr visitors is now occupied by |)pr^abqrit resiqents v/ho are working ^n Lp^'^.Qb. iu these cirqurnstances i# is . ^qst rrqportant that .the position s^o^a ,pe real ised." No .ofie shouid come tp Lcm'bpuj^bless tbey h'ayfe a place to go .toi""