ASSISTANCE TO ORCHARDISTS
DISAPPOINTMENT AT HASTINGS SUSTENANCE SCHEDULE (By Telegraph—Presß Association) HASTINGS, This Day. Disappointment at the amount of assistance likely to be forthcoming from the Government is expressed by orchardists whose crops suffered damage from the heavy frost last month. Reliable, though unofficial, information regarding the sustenance schedule to apply to orchardists is as follows: Single man 10s; married man 15s; married man and one child 19s; married man and two children 235; married man and three children 275; married man and four children 295; married man and five children 31s; married man and six children 335; married man and seven or more children 355. There is a stipulation that if he receives sustenance pay, the orchardist must stay on his orchard.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 25 November 1936, Page 4
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123ASSISTANCE TO ORCHARDISTS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 25 November 1936, Page 4
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