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Otago Witness, Issue 4033, 30 June 1931, Page 5

An Auckland hairdresser, who is find ing business slack, says there is no doubt that a considerable amount’of haircutting is now being done at home. Some men might be having their hair cut less frequently, but the diminution in the number of boy customers was proof that father or mother now barbered many a family. Statements that some of the recipients of charitable aid were obtaining from the stores tinned foods and delicacies instead of plain foods were made at the last meeting of the Stratford Hospital Board. The chairman (Mr W. L. Kennedy) emphasised that in order to make the funds go as far as possible luxuries would have to be barred, and it was decided to advise the stores that only absolute necessities should be supplied.