IT SHOULD NOT BE
In the course of a patriotic address delivered at Dunedin a day or two ago, the Rev. Father Coffey disclosed the following incident—A man in this town volunteered for the front, giving up a position bringing him in £3 103 a week. He was promised by the company who employed him that his wife should receive ±1 a week for six months, and if he had not then returned the position would again be considered. He goes to fight "for his country because he is a patriot. Yes. And what is the result? His wife receives from him 4s a day—practically all he receives as the pay of a soldier. At the end of the six months the £1 per week is stopped, and today, while the husband is outfighting for his country, his wife has to go out to earn her own living.
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Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13207, 24 June 1915, Page 6
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148IT SHOULD NOT BE Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13207, 24 June 1915, Page 6
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