HIGH RENTS MENTIONED IN THE HOUSE
INQUIRY PROMISED. -' In the House of Representatives last evening Mr. Fletcher mentioned a case of rent-having been raised. The tenant of'the house, he said, was a. widow whose only son was at tho war, leaving her. an allotment of is. a day. She had rented her house for three years at '255. a week, and the landlord, who had a, name savouring of Germany but who was yet not a German, had demanded 30s. a week. Tho woman had been put to some expense, and had eventually gono out. Tho Prime Minister said that if particulars wero supplied he would havo inquiries made, and Mr. Fletcher said ho would givo tho particulars.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 4, 29 September 1917, Page 8
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118HIGH RENTS MENTIONED IN THE HOUSE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 4, 29 September 1917, Page 8
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