The Case for Lower Rents: … … Corporation Appeal: Tribunal Inquiry at Plymouth: Col. Seymour Williams, Sir John Henry and Mr. J. Bond, members of the Rents Tribunal, sat at Plymouth Council Chamber on Saturday to hear evidence respecting the appeal of the Council to reduce the rentals of the Corporation houses at Mount Gold, Swilly and North Prospect … (discussion of issues and tour of areas) … At the inquiry, presided over by Colonel Williams, there were also present the mayor (Mr. Solomon Stephens), Aldermen Moses and A. G. Crowle, Mr. S. C. Alford (Ministry of Health) and Mr. F. W. H. Pinsent (district valuer) … … (discussion of Council Houses) … … On behalf of the Ministry of Health, Mr. Alford called Mr. Pinsent, who dissented from the figures submitted by the Tenants’ Association as the average pre-war rents for comparable houses in the Mount Gold District. His average was £23 10s as against their £21 14s, and others were in similar proportion. He considered the present rentals of the Council houses were justified by comparison with those of other houses in the locality …
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GRO0322 Hennock: Francis Wingfield Homfray Pinsent: 1875 – 1948