CONTROVERSY RAGES
Modernising of English Village PETITION AND PROTEST (Eeceived 27, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 25. New Lyn is divided over tke Penzance council's scheme to modernise komes. Wkile tke fishermen are protesting to the Minister of Health, 400 younger residents kave sent a petition asking tkat tkeir komes be demolisked and declaring tkat tkey are unkealtky. Many families are split up over tke controversy. For instancet a couple favouring demolition occupy a kouso owned by tke wife's fatker, wko wants it retained, Tke petition states: "New Lyn is no longer a fishing village. A few elderly persons may kave out-of-date boats, but their sons are not going to be lishermen. Tkey are finding employment in Penzance and elsewkero. "
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 28, 27 October 1937, Page 5
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