TENEMENT CASES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 134, 2 March 1921, Page 5

TENEMENT CASES

Several tenement cases came before Mr. F. K. Hunt. S.M., in the Magistrates Court yesterday. A returned soldier sought to recover possession of a house on which he had paid a deposit. It was stated that he had three children, and as he had no home for them—they were living with Ins aged mother at Danncvirke—he could not therefore see them; moreover, he desired to remarry. The tenant said that he was building a house for himself, besides two houses for others, but he was being held up through shortage of cement and labour difficulties. ' He did not think the house ho was building would be ready for occunation for about four months. Re had a wife and child, and had been in occupation for the house about 14 years. The Magistrate was of opinion that the greater hardship was on the soldier, and made an order accordingly. In the next case an employee of the Union Company had been offered a position by tho Victoria Laundry Company, one of the inducements being the use of rooms over tho branch shop m Kent Terrace. Ho was unable to take up his new duties right away, but had been given leave to move with his wife and two children from the room which they had ' occupied to the rooms nbove the shop pending the expire of his notice to his old employers. However,. ho had been granted an increase in wages by his old employers, and decided to remain with them. He was asked £2 for the place, but considered that £1 per week had been agreed on? Tho house was old. and in a very bad state. The Magistrate said that he considered that the defendant had no right to the place. He was elven the place on the understanding that he would work there, but later refused to work for the laundry company. An order was made for the defendant to give up possession within a month.