1000 IN RENT STRIKE
LONDON, Aug. 3. Flat tenants on Grove Park Estate. Leyton, decided at a crowded meeting that no more rents will be paid. The money will be collected by tenants and will be paid into a trust fund, of which the Mayor of Leyton will be asked to be trustee. A thousand tenants are affected. Last week their landlord, Mr. J. W. Abrahams, announced his intention of increasing the rents of 96 flats by Is 6d per week.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20040, 12 September 1939, Page 7
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811000 IN RENT STRIKE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20040, 12 September 1939, Page 7
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