FAMILY IN DISTRESS.
ALLOWANCE OF FLOUR. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, Nov. 19. The relief official of the St. Faith’s Board of Guardians, Norwich, called attention to the case of a farm labourer with a wife and eight children, ranging from 14 years to 14 months. The man’s wages were 25s a week, leaving 21s 7d' for food after insurance and rent had been paid. The guardians made an allowance of three and a half stones of flour weekly.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 November 1924, Page 5
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78FAMILY IN DISTRESS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 November 1924, Page 5
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