The annua! wages of operatives, domestic servants, and others in England are estimated at £458,000,000. There are some men whose weight and worth are discovered suddenly after long years of modest concealment, One of the questions asked a ragged little girl of eight, at a recent school examination, was, “ Why were Adam and Eve turned out of Paradise?” “ Because they didn’t pay their rent,” was the prompt reply. On inquiry it appeared that the poor child’s parents had been evicted several times for the same reason.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 195, 29 July 1884, Page 3
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86Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 195, 29 July 1884, Page 3
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