MUTINOUS PAUPERS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 6

MUTINOUS PAUPERS

. . 1 REFUSE TO EAT A MEAL OF SUET \ PUDDING. ■ ' i . ' — ~ -i : Five able-hodied paupers were.iharged r©- 6 cently, at Willesden, England; with Tefusing ( to pßrform their allotted tasks inythe worthouse at that place. / Mr. Pierronj solicitor,'who represented the Board of Guardians, said tlio prisoners and their families had cost the ratepayers almost j £1000 during the past fow years., On Friday, c March 12, their dinner, as prescribed by the j Local Government Board—-cup pound of . suet j pudding—was served, hut they refused to oat ( it, neither would they go back to work. • They . were given two hours to consider the matter, but they still refused to resume their ( work, ■ and the police were called in. ; 1 Tho master, Mr. Breorley, said the following was the menu for tho week, 1 Sunday: Roast meat and vegetables. - a Monday : Boiled mutton. f Tuesday: Boiled bacon. c "Wednesday: Bread and cheose. n Thursday: Irish stew. . , Friday: Suet pudding. ; Saturday: Stewed meat. .. . The Magistrate! Then l am quite satisfied they live as well as I do. Mr. H. Moore, chairman, of the house 11 committee. produced a plate of pudding in £ Court, ana said had he been hunger he could " have made a very good meal from it. a The magistrate said the case had opened tho eyes of the ratepayers, hundreds of whom could not get the necessaries of life, while the inmates of the workhouse were enjoying n excellent food. /. .... a One of the men, named Mayor, was' sen- p tencod to 21 days', and the others to 14 days' imprisonment. . Prisoners laughed heartily as they left, the dock.