GOLDSEEKERS’ HARDSHIPS
CENTRAL OTAGO COMPLAINTS.
INTENSE COLD SUFFERED.
By Telegraph—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 by all those on < the , Unemployment Board’s subsidy scheme. t * It was stated that they were working popr ground and keenly resented losing 12s 6d on every ounce. One member stated that the men received £3 17s 6d an ounce for the first payment and subsequently a little over £5. It was quite evident that they were paying exchange as well as tax.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 May 1933, Page 4
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