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NZ Truth, Issue 82, 12 January 1907, Page 5

The self-made man was speaking. He said : "My father was a raiser "~- of hogs. There was a large family of us," And then his voice was drowned by the applause. They manage these things better m ■—Scotland.. The Glasgow authorities are going to set aside an island to send habitual loafers to. It is presumed that the loafers will be broken • of theit loafing. Here is a tip-top idea for the New Zealand person who is without "visible means of support." People of the loafer class, are persistently brought before tlhe "beak," and the "beak" persistently tells them to clear out. The police ! drive them uji country ; they work the, country, but don't work themselves. Loafing is as catching' as leprosy. Lepers are sent to an island* Loafers should be sent to an island. The case of a large, healthy, powerful loafer, who lived shamelessly on a -frail woman, was before the court the other day. The loafer was sent to a .. nice, comfortable gaol for three | months. The island idea suit this person and several . thousand other spielers and loafers "down to the ground."