Horace Edgar Picker [24104] ¹

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• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1944 Dec 15, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. SEVEN LIVE IN ROOM. (1944, December 15). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 4. Retrieved November 12, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17931865>

SEVEN LIVE IN ROOM
Mother Cooks On Spirit Lamps
Evidence that a mother lived with her six young children in one room in a city residential, and cooked for them on spirit lamps, was given in the Central Summons Court yesterday.
The woman, Mrs. Evelyn Maud Hannon, gave evidence that she had tried everywhere in Sydney to pro- cure better accommodation, without success.
The agent, for the premises was granted an order for possession, but Mrs. Hannon was given three months in which to quit the premises.
It was explained that Mrs. Hannon had been advised by a doctor in the country to procure treatment by a specialist for one of her small girls, who was incipiently deaf. She came to the city with her three daughters, aged 7 and 4 years and 14 months re- spectively, and took a room in an Elizabeth Street residential. Later they were joined there by her three sons, aged 12, 10, and 9. They all slept and ate in the one room, and all the cooking was done there on three spirit lamps.
The woman's husband, it was stated, was employed as a truck driver, and had to board at Ashfield. The City Council had served a notice on the agent for the residential, which had 70 rooms, requiring him to carry out certain alterations so that each occu- pant would have not less than 500 cubic feet of unencumbered air space.
NO COMPLAINT
Horace Edgar Picker, the agent for the landlord, said that he had had to apply for possession of the room occupied by Mrs. Hannan because of the City Council's order. although no complaints had been made against her or her family.
Picker said that he had offered Mrs, Hannon's husband a week's wages to take time off to seek other accommo-dation, and he intended to pay him the money on Saturday.
Mrs. Hannon was asked by Mr. A. J. Tartakover (for the applicants) whether she would agree to the child- ren to be placed In an Institution until accommodation can be obtained.
Mrs. Hannon: I have been to all the homes conducted by the Churches, but have been asked to go to Dr. Bar- nardo's Homes. As they, keep the children until they are 21, I would not agree to that.
She added that she had looked everyewhere for accommodation. She got up at half-past 3 o'clock in the morning to read the advertisements in the newspapers.
TO ENTER BALLOT
Mr. Tartakover submitted that the tenancy conditions had been broken because the number of occupants of the room had been increased, from the original four, to seven persons. The owner of the residential was in danger of losing his licence if he did nor comply with the council's order. He said he understood that arrange- ments were being made for Mrs. Han- non to participate In a ballot for a home. She had done her best to find accommodation. Mr, Sheridan: It is hard to know What to do in a case like this. It Is to be hoped that she will get a home in the ballot. Perhaps this case may assist.

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Horace married Margaret Tranter [5803] [MRIN: 2164], daughter of Henry William Tranter [5845] and Sarah Amelia Howard [5846], on 1921 Sep 28 in Binda, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia.¹ (Margaret Tranter [5803] was born on 1898 Sep 4 in Blanket Flat, Georgiana County, New South Wales ¹, christened on 1898 Dec 11 in Binda, Georgiana County, New South Wales ¹ and died on 1966 Apr 13 in Goulburn, Argyle County, New South Wales, Australia ¹.)