A SCANDAL.

Shannon News, 3 July 1925, Page 2

A SCANDAL.

INDIANS AND WHITES. SHARE SAME DWELLING. “I just want to say that the position is every bit as bad as. I stated at a previous meeting of the council,” said Mr E. Phelan, on Thursday evening when the report of the chief sanitary inspector upon the conditions of a house in Alexandra Street was read (says the Auckland Star). Mr Phelan had drawn attention to a house said to be in a deplorable condition, and which was occupied by ( eight Indians, a white man, his | wife, and seven children, and asked j that either the house be condemned [ or made suitable for habitation, or I that the Indians be removed from the j premises, so that suitable accommodation might be obtained for the fam- [ ilv then occupying three rooms of [ the dwelling. 1 The sanitary inspector reported that certain alterations had been ordered to be done within 14 days. Mr Phelan: I hope it will be the policy of this council to prohibit Indians and whites from occupying the same premises. I sa,y it is a scandal that such a state of affairs should be allowed to exist-. It would be far better if the children were turned out into the streets than the brought up under the conditions we saw during our visit. I hope the Health Department will take notica