BAD TIMES AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1517, 13 August 1912, Page 4

BAD TIMES AT HOME.

'THESE CONTINUAL .STRIKES." (By Toleerapli.—Special Correspondent.) Auckland, August 12. "Tho life of tho working man In Great Britain is a hard struggle, and labour' conditions are so bad at present that those who are ablo to do so lcavo tho country," declared ono of a largo party of immigrants who arrived in Auckland from Great Britain by the steamer Essex. "Yes, labour troubles are responsible in a great measure for tho unsatisfactory stato of affairs. Strikes, big ajid small, have taken place in- all parte of England and Scotland, and labour has been generally upset. Tlio working man was never well off at Home, but with these continual strikes his lot is even harder." What are tho working man's chief grievances? "Small pay and long hours,' was tho prompt reply. "Tako tho general labourer, and. by the way, there are quite a number of labourers on the steamer. Now, the general labourer in the Old Country works ten hours every day, and in most eases ho receives 3s. 6d. ior Ins day's work, and that is only one class fit worker. There are thousands of men and women, yes, and young folk, in tho large centres of Great Britain working from early morning until late at nig-./ for very little pay. i It is a great strt gle for ,the working man, and it is imp< ; Bible for him to savo a penny.