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(To-Tho Editor). Sir, —"He was a stranger and we took him in"—that is the motto adopted here during hop-picking by a- few-—a ,very few. As the father said to his son when iie was giving him his blessing. 'Make money, by fair means if you can, hut. make money!" So in this case. A. hop-picker went- out to buy ; he did not fall amongst thieves, hut what he struck is a monkey-puzzle to him. One lb of *ouiter cost him 1/8 —and the producer of the butter received only hour, cost-him 4"d per lb; 121bs cost litm 4/-, and yet Croucher's at Richmond s.c'li 251bs for 4/3. Be • merciful! the hop-picker can well say or else lie will return home a sadder but a wiser man minus his hop cheque. I am, etc., C. Rixbv.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 31 March 1923, Page 2
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