RELIEF WORKER’S RUSE

Inangahua Times, 25 August 1931, Page 4

RELIEF WORKER’S RUSE

I . Married Man’s Rights |! Beaming nil over an unen.-Joyed I I worke r—a uvc-J y t ., r Week man—--9 i a PP r °«ched cne cl these in contfol of I I re!: f f ' vo, ' <s I,ie oiher day and asked I “ he cou, d not be given work for |r three days a week instead of two. I : rhe foreman was busy at the time Jj ecd_ asked the man to see him later 'k kt the office. I When the beaming one turned up, I the woman clerk examined the I books, and reported that the man I had been given two days per week I forlorn 1 time past. I “ You see, you have been given I the maximum.” said the chief. “ V/p I cannot go past the regulations— you I get your two days each week. How I can we give you any more ?” B Easily, sir,” said the man of smiles. I was married yesterday, | and the married can get three days ! a week !** The optimist got his three days. The same authority, who has a I® good deal to do with the men, said I that was not the most extreme case I of the kind which bad come under I his notice, A C 3 type of man who I had been given occasional light work went as far as to pledge himself to a girl who hitherto worked for a living. £ Ihe bride left her job when she got I married, and aftrr paying the I registration fee at the Government office and for dinner at an hotel, the couple found themselves entirely ! without the wherewithal to pay for I shelter.