TOMAHAWK UNEMPLOYED.
TO THE EDITOB. Si r> _We have had the hardships of the unemployed of the city brought under our notice a good deal of late, hut I would like to let the public know how the unemployed of Tomahawk are faring. A married man with two children gets one and three-quarter days' work this week, the wages of which amount to £1 Is IOJd. With 15s rent to pay he is left with 6s 10|d to buy milk, coal, bread, vegetables, etc. The supplies he received at the Dowlmg street depot on Saturday have tided him over the week-end, but what must he and his wife and children Jive on until they get the next free parcel? It hag been plainly stated before this that men would sooner work for a living than go begging for sustenance for their wives and children. For the past fortnight I have had no coal, and my spare time is spent gathering lupin sticks and helping myself to an occasional fence post to cook our frugal meals. If the conditions are not improved very shortly and more work provided, the only course left open to me is to indulge in a bit of self-helping. —I am, etc., Getting Desperate. January 12.
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Evening Star, Issue 20998, 12 January 1932, Page 9
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209TOMAHAWK UNEMPLOYED. Evening Star, Issue 20998, 12 January 1932, Page 9
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