STILL ANOTHER SPINSTER.
(To the Editor,)
Sir, —I was hoping to see some provision made in the Social Security Scheme for the indigent spinster, especially those who are not strong enough to earn a decent living and are over 50 years of age. I for one pay three-quarters of my income in rent, (which leaves me less than 7s 6d for meals, clothes, etc., as I am one of those unfortunates who can only do very light work. Only those who have tried, it, and know what some employ- | ers term light work, know they are lucky if they can earn enough to pay the high rents asked. With the Centenary looming ahead and many landladies out to make the most of it, how is the small rentpayer going to fare? Another thing is, very few landladies care to take anyone receiving help from the Hospital Board. There are j many of us unable to earn anything like a decent living through bad living j and working conditions in the past, j and who are now next door to destitution. Do we, the New Zealand born, have to struggle on for another ten [ years and perhaps give it up long before then? —I am, etc., BODY AND SOUL.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 46, 23 August 1938, Page 8
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208STILL ANOTHER SPINSTER. Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 46, 23 August 1938, Page 8
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