RENT RESTRICTION.
f OPERATION OF LAW EXTENDED UNTIL JULY 31; A clause added to the- Finance Bill , by the Government, yesterday extends (lie operation of the rent restriction law until July 31, 1923. (When the clause was introduced the . Leader of the'Opposition (Mr Wilford) suggested that the-extension should be until August 31 next. He said that, ibis would allow time for Hie new Parliament to consider the matter in the event of the session not opening until the end of June.
The Prime Minister said he would guarantee that Parliament would have an opportunity of reviewing the legislation before July 31. There was a | great deal of doubl about, the wisdom of Hie rent-res trie Mon law. He was beginning to doubt its wisdom himself, but in view of the fact that some hardship would he caused by the lapse of the. law at the present lime the Government had agreed to extend it until July 31. The House accepted the clause.
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Otaki Mail, 1 November 1922, Page 3
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