THE UNIVERSAL CRY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10605, 2 June 1920, Page 6

THE UNIVERSAL CRY

NO HOUSES AVAILABLE. SHOCKING OVERCROWDING IN MISTERTON. (By Telegraph— Special to "Times.") MASTERTON, June 1. ' At a meeting of the Borough Council to-night the sanitary inspector reported as follows: — "I wish to again draw your attention to the shortage of houses; more particularly in regard to the council's own employees." A council employee, his wife, and six children, he added, were living in the old gasworks building, of two rooms. Another man and his wife and seven children were living in a shed, and further, another man and his wife and six children were living in two rooms of a tenanted house. In view of these facts, the urgent attention of the council was at once requested to' tho mat-' ter. Several councillors spoko strongly on the question of houses being kept empty by speculators, who would not rent the houses, but would only sell them. It was pointed out that the council had done all it could in regard to tho housing problem. Councillors hoped that some means would be devised for exposing those speculating in houses, and who were aggravating tho present shortage. After further discussion tho matter dropped. ■