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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XI, 31 August 1895, Page 259

PAUPERS' GRIEVANCES. ' I’vE been doin’ for ’im for nigh upon thirty year, and I’m just about sick of ’im !’ replied the married woman, who had drifted from the infirmary into the workhouse. The airy cubicles designed for the occupation of married couples had no attraction for her, ami she disappeared contentedly into the women's ward as a haven where she •would be relieved of the burden of 'doin’ for ’ini !’ The incident startled a lady visitor accustomed to discussing the ‘cruel separation' of old couples in workhouses, but another delusion awaited her when she sympathised with an aged pauper encountered outside the workhouse, on the hardship of ‘ the pauper's garb.’ The woman turned on her sharply, and in language unsuitable for reproduction declared that any a nelioration of the uniform would be extremely unwelcome, as it had a distinct financial value in the eyes of those who, like hers If, devoted every hour she was ' allowed out ' to the solicitation of alms for the ‘drop o' gin or ’bacca,’ which would probably be withheld if her costume appealed less strongly to the sympathies of the kindly passers-by. ‘ Light this end,' A legend on every packet of Cavour Cigars. (Advt. 4).