THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
(To the Editor.) Sir.—Your correspondent's letter contained a good deal of logic and common sense. During the eruption at Rotorua I recollect, ac a boy of 13, working at the "Herald" in the lithographic department, printing scenes of the eruption. One week in particular we worked day and night, only getting sleep on the Wednesday night, and constantly on our feet from 8 a.m. Monday until 6 p.m. I Wednesday, and from 8 Thurnday morning until 1 p.m. on the Saturday. Wia certainly do not desire a return of such conditions with overtime at Id per hour. But I do maintain that in those days there was more contentment, better fellowship, and a higher standard of reverence and morality in the home and out of it. And to go further back, when our grandmothers hauled water from the well and cooked in a "go-ashore," divorces were almost unknown. Verily, we have been spoiled.—l am, etc.,' ARTHUR CUMMINGS.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 8
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