Same landlord!

Truth reporter Kevin Sinclair must regret the ironic way in which his story followed the Sunday Times article on a house in Norway Street owned by the same landlord.

The Truth article had been completed and set in type the previous week.

But the Sunday Times story throws light on the landlord on whom Mr. Sinclair was prepared to base his whole accusation against Victoria students, and on the extent to which he checked his source of facts.

It also illustrates the condition in which this landlord is prepared to let a house.

The description of this landlord's second property makes interesting reading:

"A Hungarian family in Wellington live in conditions so squalid that many would not believe them possible.

"The house has:

"• No washing facilities— Mrs. M—— does the washing and dishes between piles of, rubbish stacked in the backyard. There is no outside light.

"• A tiny dining-room without windows or electric-light. Boxes containing plates land food line walls that are stained green with damp.

"• One cupboard. Clothes and personal effects are piled on boxes and battered suitcases lining every room.

"• Little fresh air. The concrete walls are stained with green mould. A stale, damp smell permeates the room.

"• A bath and copper—the home's only source of hot water—set on an earth floor. The toilet Is squeezed between the copper and a tin wall. There is no light in the shed.

"When the family moved in the cottage had neither doors nor window panes and the interior was piled with decayed rubbish." (Dominion Sunday Times, April 24.)