CONDITIONS OF THE WORKING MAN.
'■; "I can't understand why the Labour Party should be so opposed to the present Government," professed Mr. J. R. Hamilton (Awarua) in the House of Representatives yesterday, amidst laughter.
r■ In spite of all that had been said regarding the hours of work, wages, and other conditions of the working : community, he went on, he could say without fear of contradiction that it was recognised by everyone not steep-: •ed to the oyes in prejudice that the working man was never better off in the history of New Zealand than he was at present. Since the Reform Party had gained the Treasury benches wages had steadily gone up. Any man who liked to exercise a little thrift and "economy could save far more now than he could previously. It was lifeless to say that wages and conditions were not better now than they were in years gone by.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 2, 2 July 1926, Page 6
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