OUTCASTS OF THE LOWER LEVELS.
I think the time has arrived when three members of the Government who are continually holding forth upon the merits of thenwonderful housing scheme for workers should be asked to define the meaning of a worker. If earning a salary of from six to nine pounds per week, plus one of the latest automobiles, constitutes tlieir definition, then their housing scheme is a huge success. I trswi that we outcasts on tlie lower wage levels, after offering our humble apologies for daring to question the policy of our lords, will be permitted, whei thoroughly scrubbed and di<P7ifeoted, t6 venture near these select reserves and gan witti the proper degree of reve-cec?, aad perhaps be forgiven If our thoughts stray t* those far-off days when we, too, were promised little homes at a rental of from 12/6 to 17/4 per week. FOUR ON" FOUR POUNDS.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 192, 16 August 1939, Page 8
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149OUTCASTS OF THE LOWER LEVELS. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 192, 16 August 1939, Page 8
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