GOLD PROSPECTORS
INCREDIBLE HARDSHIPS. (Per United Press Association.) Dunedin, May 10. It was reported to the Returned Soldiers’ Association that men were working for gold in the Queenstown and Arrowtown districts under incredible hardships. The cold was so intense that in grasping iron the men left the skin of their hands on it. The association decided to press for an exemption from the sales tax on gold won for all working on the Unemployment Board’s subsidy scheme. It was stated they were working on poor ground and keenly resented losing 12/6 on every ounce. < One member stated that the men received £3 17/6 per ounce for the first payment and subsequently a little over £5. It was quite' evident they were paying the exchange as well as the tax.
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Southland Times, Issue 22012, 11 May 1933, Page 7
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