THE WORKERS' PAY-DAY.
Sir. '— your kind permission I would '-.7 like to reply ■to " Suburban^Wife's"J letter. lam of the opinion, and I think'a great' many more working men would • be, too, . if'; •: > they look into the question, I :that we wonld bo a long way better off at the end of each" year if we were paid monthly, instead of '.'••.'••''. weekly, .as at present. I have worked : under both ; systems, and I find, as regards putting a little away for a rainy day, that the monthly system is a* long way the beat.. ; Under the weekly . system, there ' are .so ;•, .-, many attractions from. week to week that', as long as the little money is in. the house we have toi patronise them,; and :we-find ■ t before the next week comes we are about , >. broke. If we were paid" monthly a lofc which we throw away for no use at all wa would have ourselves in the bank. ~ "»-.i^^r| - ' ; Practical Experience. ■ ■•■''"-•'■•., -"- ...... -■■■■■ - ■ ..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15374, 8 August 1913, Page 3
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160THE WORKERS' PAY-DAY. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15374, 8 August 1913, Page 3
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