County Councils Become Gestapo!
Pungent eommeiit- on the recent legislatio'n concerning the appropriation' of untenanted dwellinge was- . forthcoming at yesterday 's meetihg of the Kairanga C.ounty.'Gouncil,.-;- A ciopy.of the Gazette cantaining Ihe pi{6pbSa'ls ip t.lfe* regulatidns feattiied on' * thle . cofre^pondenee agqnda nnd whem'sublhitting-this to the ' council the clerk (Mr. N. I. Nielsen) stated that he had already had an application for action in the case of a house in the county. It _ was a duty of any loeal body to inqui^e into any eircumstauces broiight to its notice regardjng houses left untenanted, dccording to thd regulations, he "said. If the investigations of the loeal body did nbt bear fruit the case should be referred to. the-Departnient of Labour ahd EMployinent.; Hei'g the local body's responsibility ended. "We are only their Gestapo," said Ca P. J. Russell.' . *- •' "That word "bceurred to me, too," said Or. P. Y. Koehler. "It is only : their .darned laziness. But the housing position must be considered. " Cl There is only. oue solution to ihe housing shortage," Gr. Russell retutned. "That. is: Get to work." * :
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 March 1948, Page 3
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