HOUSING IN SHANNON.
> ‘ ♦ POSITION STILL ACUTE. When in Shannon on Saturday, Mr E. Newman, M.P., inquired if there was any scarcity of housing in the' town. The Mayor (Mr Murdoch, replied that there was not a house to be got, and even sheds had been turned into dwellings, Cr. Hyde said there were cases of .railwaymeii \having to go out and board, as they were unable to get houses. Mr Newman considered the Department should make a start and construct houses for its employees, the same as it had done at Marton, where cpiite j number had been built. He, would refer, this matter to the Department, as he believed it should make provision for its men, and it would certainly make them more contented. Mr Newman added that no doubt the Mangahao had given Shannon a new lease of life, and must have had a big effect on Ihe housing position in the town.
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Shannon News, 2 August 1921, Page 2
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