MR TOM MANN.
Cape Town, May 14. Mr Tom Mann (who left New South Wales after the labour trouble at Broken Hill) was given a welcome and reception on arriving here. He declared that the standard of life in Australia was shamefully low. The Queensland sugar workers toiled 12 hours a day for 22s 6d a week and tucker. The South, Australian miner worked seven shifts of eight hours, and had no holiday. Australia was no El Dorado. He had met scores who regretted they had ever gone there. From to 6 per cent, of the people in Australia were unemployed. The politicians of New Zealand, added Mr Mann, had no economic knowledge or organisation.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 840, 17 May 1910, Page 3
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115MR TOM MANN. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 840, 17 May 1910, Page 3
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