ALLEGED JERRY BUILDING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 11 March 1908, Page 40

ALLEGED JERRY BUILDING.

AN AUCKLAND COMPLAINT. AUCKLAND, March 5. It was alleged at the Auckland Trades and Labour Council meeting last evening that the class of timber being put into moat of the workmen' 6 homes in Auckland, especially in the suburbs, was very poor in quality, and of such a nature that the health of the occupants was, . endangered. Mr Peak, who introduced' the subject, said the high price of timber had something to do with it. Some of the houses were built with rotten framing and medium quality weatherboards, but everything was covered up as quickly as possible by scrim, paper, and paint. These houses were sold on easy terms, but after a couple of years they fell to pieces. It was simply a case of defrauding the buyer. The president of the council (Mr A. Rosser) said he had seen the outside portions of log 6 which had lain in Freeman's Bay for some time, and co became soaked with sewage, being put into houses. Some years ago he ha.d worked on a house in Eden terrace for a speculative builder, and it was erected in 11 days. It was decided that all local bodies be written to and asked to instruct the building inspector to give a certificate as to the class of timber used in all buildings.