FAMILIES OCCUPY VACANT COTTAGES
yVDNEY, .Muy 8. Four homolesH fainiliea have takei: poHaession of tlirec vaeant cotlages al a suburban jiiunitioii.s faetory and ari Btill in occupation, although warued Couimonwealth police officers that tliey will liavo to leave. The cotlagea are umong a numboi built during the war for executives oi the faetory. Although some have been vaeant for iive nionths, the otlicial atli lude is tliat they are required for oflicers of the companiek1 to which parts of the faetory are being leased. Twelve people ure involved in th«sei/.ures, including two women who an expecting babies shortly. All have been houscd in poor conditions, and three oi the four inen concenied are former ser vicemen. They liave lodged applications with the locai autliorities to reut tlie premises. The move was made with the assistance of local sub-branclies of the Legion : of Ex-Serviceinen and the Communist Party, aeting independently. Bubsequently the Ex-Servicemen 's Leaguc dissoeiated itself from the action.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 May 1946, Page 3
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