A WORKER'S PLEA

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 March 1915, Page 3

A WORKER'S PLEA

Sir.—Not wishing in any wa.v to .lisparage the giving of cash and in kind to the Belgian Funds by the inhabitants of New- Zealand, I myself have given my mito, viz. ? 5s out of meagre (not regular work) wages. With vour permission. Sir. I should like to bring before your reading clientele another side of the picture. And I would be willing to lay long odds, iT T were a racing man—scores, aye hundreds, of honest working casual labourers are in a similar plight—not being able to get the wherewithal to keep their body and soul together in Auckland. F left same by train to Taihape. reaching there yesterday fortnight, and since then by hard work (in walking, sometimes waltzing) ''Matilda," viz, swag, and at other times getting a lift per motor car, gig. etc., have reached your prosperous town, and have only earned by work about £1 12s 6d. Now, Sir, I am no laggard, no Micawber. waiting for things to turn up." Winter is aproaching and the look-out for casuals is not of the "brightest. The remedy- yon nsk? Well, some out of your beneficience to rtelgium or other funds, a lew ndd shillings to help a fellow struggler 011 life's rough road to weather these times until the sword i.s sheathed once again.—l am, etc.. THE SKTT.