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Otago Witness, Issue 4028, 26 May 1931, Page 70

“ When I was a girl and times were hard, the young fellows were given a pack on their back and sent into the country, where they were usually able to earn their meals,” said Mrs S. Snow at the Mayor’s relief organisation meeting in Wellington, “ but nowadays if a young man is caught sleeping in a hedge he is arrested. Besides, the farmer hasn’t got enough money to pay him now. Still, I ask you not to forget the boys—and they are all boys until they are 20. Nothing hurts them so much as a patch here anil there. They need help—and. you know, there used to be a saying, ‘ Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.’ ” There are many humorous stories recounted regarding the actions of different persons immediately following tlie upheaval of three months ago the Napier Telegraph). In many cases housewives rushed into the street with knives in their hands, while in one case a woman was also clutching a half-scraped carrot in the other hand. In this connection an amusing story is told of the effect of a shake in Wellington. The shake was severe enough there to scare a very large number of people and many who were lunching in hotels at the time did not wait for the next course, but made straight away for the street. During the next week the hotel management was receiving forks, knives, and other cutlery which patrons had taken with them in the frightened rush to escape from the buildings.