Speaking oil the question of high renluK during a political address in Auckland, Mr. G. McKnight, Labor candidnlo for the Parnell seat, declared that he knew the ease of a man wliowas paying Pis (id a week tor Ins house, and who went to the expense of painting ;it . "Whilst he was engaged in doing so, the landlord hap- ; petted to pass. The latter informed his tenant that, with (lie improvement he had made to the property, lie (the landlord) could get 17s (id per week for it, mid that lie would charge him I that rent in future. Thus the tenant 1 was penalised for 4 improving another man’s property at his own cost. An- I other ease which Mr. McKnight said had conic under his notice was that : of a man who was asked by his land- I Jail v to till (he land around the house he was renting from her. He did till tlie soil, and lus reward was to he put out, and to bo oilcrod 15s for, lus labor.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2309, 30 September 1908, Page 2
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175Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2309, 30 September 1908, Page 2
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