Life on Relief Work
A married man upon a road-metal-ling relief job near Waihi mentions in a letter to a friend the need for books and magazines in such camps. His party of 28 is quartered in an old house, the bunks having “mattresses” of wire netting and sacks,; similar to those used by the soldiers in many a French barn. “It is ia bit of a crush, but most seem to be satisfied about it,” remarks the iwriter, an English university man, who is at pains to make it clear that he is not whining over his “sorrows and apprehensions.” He refers, however, to the fact that the men have to pay the cook for his work on; Saturdays and Sundays out of their earnings. This he considers unreasojnable. He himself, keeps enough to' cover the cost of messing, which is between 10/- and 11/- a week, allotting the remainder of his pay, 22/6, to his l wife.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 129, 26 May 1932, Page 4
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159Life on Relief Work Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 129, 26 May 1932, Page 4
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