DIDN'T DESERVE WAGES.
A growing boy in a Lan:ashirs •iov.n had obtained a small job—his first—and was boasting of tha aivount of work he did.' "I get's up at half-past five anl !:a" my breakfast," he said. "Anyone else get up, too ?" he was osaccl. "Oh, yes, mother ! Sin gets me breakfast, and then get's 'lad's at half-Fast sis." "And your dinner ?"' "Oh, mother get's that, too., anj ihen she gets father's." '■Has she tha afternoon to herrelf ?" ' 'Oh, no ! She cleans up. lco'cs alter the children, and gets tha tea for dad and me whan wc cono home. Then we gets our smoke, and then we gets to bed." "And your mother?" 'Well, she does a bit oi then, when all is cleaned up after tea." "What do you get ?" '■' Oh, I get ten bob, and dad get: thirty-five." ".And your mother ?" "Mother! Oh, cho dtn't get nc She don't do rio work !"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 669, 16 May 1914, Page 6
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154DIDN'T DESERVE WAGES. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 669, 16 May 1914, Page 6
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