RETROGRESSION TO SLUM
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" ' WHANGAREI, S^ept. §2. ? 1 I The retrqgression pi what.'.WM once" an"attr4.ct|ve settlepierit 'lhtp j a slum was 'discusseff by the Bay j of islands' Hospitar Bo^rd. Th,e j settlemehi is ' thg "Maori "Vfflage" : b'ehind "the' Moere-iiya Freezih| ! Worjisl which mempers said j known' locally as ''Tunatowh" (tuna j is the Mapri word for eei). The subject was'raised by the, | board's medical superinlendpnt, Dr. | G. "J. "Frengleyl who s^id -th.at the : condition of most of ' the,, houses was steadily deterioratirig;" \pptr I tages, mainly Arrhy huts,"" prpvided' i foV Maor'is who Were iiiduded _ to tak,e employment in the -frep^ing i works. during the war in dfder to increase the export of . meat. Though each has a radio, the flqqrs in many cases were covered with mud and cooking is do'ne primitively * on open hearths. The medical ofhcer of -health is to be asked to inspect and report.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 September 1949, Page 5
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155RETROGRESSION TO SLUM Chronicle (Levin), 22 September 1949, Page 5
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