A case of pride in a family not bowed by starvation knocking at the door is told by an Auckland shopkeeper, who is intimately acquainted with the circumstances. The father and the son of the family of three were out of work for some considerable time, and had reached that point when all available resources had been exhausted, and they were slowly starving. Help was offered by several people who knew of their condition, but it was resolutely refused. Their plight was apparent from their appearance, which, states the shopkeeper, was such that it inspired pity at once. One day he saw the lad and gave him a large bundle of vegetables and fruit to take home. He hesitatingly accepted it, but in the morning the shopkeeper found the bundle placed outside his shop door, unopened. Residents were resolved that this state of things should not continue, and subsequently the son was secured a permanent position, which immediately restored the happiness of the family.
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Southland Times, Issue 21431, 27 June 1931, Page 8
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