HIGH RENTS.
DEMAND FOR LEGISLATION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, December 29. The Labor Council has decided to approach the Government to urge the introduction of a Limitation of Rents Sill. It is stated that the improvements obtained by means of wages boards are grabbed by the landlords, so the conditions are actually worse than before the introduction of the boards. ACTION BY X.S.W. GOVERNMENT. . Received 30, 12.20 a.m. Sydney. December 20. The Government has secured 400 acre? lit Kensington with the intention of immediately proceeding with the erection of cottages to the value of £IB,OOO. Mr. Dacey states this is the beginning of a policy to build so as to bring rents down to a fair market level. The Government is fully alive to the fact that owing to the shortage of houses steps must be taken to relieve the existing pressure.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 156, 30 December 1911, Page 5
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142HIGH RENTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 156, 30 December 1911, Page 5
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