BARE LIVING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 517, 26 May 1909, Page 3

BARE LIVING.

■ ■ a worker'and his wages. ■'■'■" ; : . : , some eloquent,figures. : c A worker in a.Christchurch boot factory gave an interesting'comparison of his wages and living expenses, in a table which he read before, the. Arbitration Court yesterday. The man's wages are 'M 12s. Gd. a neek, : and he has a wife and .five children. His weekly expenses he computed at £2 I7s. 6d. -A:son/ who : is secretary of.a union, assists him, and at the present time he is not in debt. Tho following are the details which he gave' of his weekly outgoings:— ; ■■'■■■ \- : " : -- ■•■".■•■■■■■•■ . : .-'"- -' '• ' £s. d, Kent ;., o 12 6 « Coal, wood, and lighting 0 5 0 . Groceries (including butter arid eggs) 0 11' 0 Milk ................;.... :.;.;:. ...', 0.2 3 Bread o , 2 9 : Fruit: and vegetables .'..;..■ .i.....'.V.. 0 3 0 Meat and'fish ..........................J... ,0 3 G .. Lodge and unjon o 16 ''Newspaper ...;....... 0 0. 6 School books ;. 0 0 G ■. Boots,; olothing, and other household expenses ....'.....„..„.....,...... 0 12 0 V Total ..;.....:....;..;......„...;....;..;.. ,£2 17 6 Another witness, employed in the same trade, and with, a wife and three, children, assessed his necessary .expenditure at £2<l2s'. Gd. a week; i , Ho'stated that for working two hours' overtime Ue received 2s. IOJd., out'of which he had to spend- Is. to got his tea in town. Mr..' J. .A. Frostick (president of'the New' Zealand ;Bootmakers' Federated Association): He can get his tea for sixpence. ;. . ■