THE COST OP LIVING.
TO THE rniTOH. j Sir,—l read in your paper on Saturday that the Borough Council had again decided to give their employees another advance in wages. It is a groat pity other employers of labour would not do the sunn - . Ibe Mayor said Cil life, was , not enough for a man to live on. 1 '■ have to do the best I can to keep my wife and iarnily on t'2 10a and pay 17,s (id. rent out ol that. Certainly I have been promised more, but only I promised and I am working Jx I hours a week, ll anyone can offer me 1 anything better they can have me on very short notice.— I am. etc. oOs A WEEK.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10527, 4 December 1916, Page 6
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124THE COST OP LIVING. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10527, 4 December 1916, Page 6
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