THREE DAYS A WEEK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20959, 24 August 1931, Page 11

THREE DAYS A WEEK.

RELIEF WORKER'S RUSE. MARRIED MAN'S RIGHTS. Beaming ail ever an unemployed worker —a two-day per week man—approached one of those in control of relief works the other clay, says the Dominion. Wellington, and asked if be could not be given work for three days a week instead of two. The clerk examined the bocks, and reported that the man had been given two davs per week for some time past. "You see, you have been given the maximum," said the chief. "We cannot go past the regulations—you get, your two days each week. How can we give you any more?" "Easily, sir," said the roan 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 good deal to do with the men. said that was not the most extreme case of the kind which had come under his notice. ACo type of man who had been given occasional light work went as far as to pledge himself to a girl who hitherto worked for a living. The bride, left her job when she got married, and after paying the registration fee at the Government office and for dinner at an hot.pl, the couple found themselves entirely without the wherewithal to pay for shelter.'