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Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1932, Page 6

.(■' n jj , r 1 ■ ' . efieese are placed in each billy, together . with tea and sugar, for seven men; The leader of each gang takes this and; at the midday meal, tea is made and the men share the food. The cool! >. points out that if the bread is CHJtoiuto- sandwidies, and a hot day follows J;;thf : isandwiches will he practically •useless,! Sts they will have dried up. bread in the piece and al.lowingltlie men to cut it up for theniselves'ilipans'that the bread retains its mQ'istufepgind is easily .eaten.

~ ,ln,,tills' Camp are men of all ages/The -majority.lpf the older ones are ,men who are, use):lMo camp conditions, and they hay,(bmp Jjpmplaints to make about the fpptd. 'fiiere are, however, a number of. ypunglhnen who have never worked outside' tli'e cities before, and they are taking isofne time to settle down and heyome j gHed -to camp li'c. Thp; iCjtfnp is ""ell situated, being sheltprrt| from the prevailing winds by a belt j)f trees. New tents, each with a fireplace and a wooden floor, have been supplied, and two men share each of these. Plenty of firewood is available within 100yds of the camp, the men being allowed to lift dead wood from the Glen'Wyb plantation.