MARRIED MEN IN CAMP
HIGHER ALLOWANCES URGED [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] DUNEDIN, Friday At a large public mooting last evening, which was attended by several clergymen and presided over by the Mayor, Mr. R. S. Black, resolutions were carried protesting against the treatment of married men who refuse to go to camp in that they are to receive only 50 por cent sustenance. The meeting urged that the rates in camp should be sufficient to maintain a camper and his family, whom he voluntarily leaves. Finally, those present declared their willingness to submit to further taxation, if necessary, to achieve this object. It was stated that living costs in the country were heavy, one speaker remarking that men had to pay up to Is 8d per lb. for butter, while sugar in Queenstown cost 27s 6d a bag, as against 17s Gd in town.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21473, 22 April 1933, Page 13
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