Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 36, Number 2. 7th March 1973
Sleeping Around
Sleeping Around
Arnold claims that only those who want to sleep out go to the Basin Reserve and other such places. But apart from the Night Shelter (which turns people away if they smell of drink), or one of the dilapidated boarding houses like the Clarendon in Hopper Street, flats in Oriental Parade, and the White Lodge, where a fire killed 5 alcoholics about 18 months ago, there are very few other places for the alcoholics to go. They are further hindered by high charges at these boarding houses which can cost as much as $15 a week for just bed and breakfast. Because they dislike places like these many go to crash pads such as Abel Smith Street.