CRAYFIS.H AND BREAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1930, Page 10

CRAYFIS.H AND BREAD.

ITALIAN'S DAILY DIET. SENDING MONEY TO HIS HOME. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The statement that he had denied himself the ordinary necessities of life and had lived on crayfish and bread in order to support his people in Italy was made in the Police Court to-day by a younar Italian when he appeared before Mr. T. B. McNeil, S.M., on a judgment summons for £38 19/. "What wages are you earning?" asked counsel. Defendant said he was receiving £i 10/ a week. Counsel: Are you single ?—Yes, I can't afford a wife. Counsel: What do you do with your money ?—I send £3 a week to my people in Italy. My father is blind. Counsel: What do you pay for board? —I can't afford a house. I live in a room. I live on crayfish and bread. and bread?"' asked the magistrate. "Yes, crayfish and bread," replied the defendant. Counsel said it seemed to him that the creditors were entitled to some consideration. A person could live more comfortably in Italy on £3 a week than he could in New Zealand. The magistrate said he would make an order. '"Unless," he said, addressing the defendant, "you can live on less than 30/ a week you had better send a little less to Italy. In the meantime your creditors in New Zealand must be paid. I will make an order that you pay the debt off at the rate of 10/ a week."