PERMANENT SUSTENANCE
"The letter ot.'A Fortunate Father' hi ' The Post' of a few nights back he appreciated by those relief workers who vead it (writes "An Unfortunate Father"). That such a letter could be allowed to see print is a grim commentary on life in. New Zealand as so many of us know it. However as 'kindly hearts are move than coronets,' it is good to know that men like 'A Fortunate Father' remember other fathers not so happily circumstanced. ... ; Here is one example of relief which if
pitiful enough—those on. 'permanent sustenance.' A married man receives 12s Cd per week, plus 2s 6d ration order. He has paid 10s a week consistently for rent, and has notice to get out. 1 ask is it fair that able-bodied men arc holding jobs that we could do. If a man has one arm., or one leg, or any physical defect which precludes him swinging a pick, it does not or should not bar him from the lighter employment held by those able-bodied men. The 'permanent sustenance' men's lot is-a sorrowful one, and I again ask your sympathy for us." ' . ■"
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 140, 16 June 1933, Page 6
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188PERMANENT SUSTENANCE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 140, 16 June 1933, Page 6
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