THE UNEMPLOYED.
[TO Til 10 EDITOR]
Sir, —Will you please allow me space in your valuable journal for a word of advice to my down-trodden brothers in South Canterbury. There is one section of the press in this town whose principal study is to crush the working men. The working men are n majority of the population of this district anyhow. Let them avail themselves of the opportunity and get their names on the electoral roll, and then, I think, they should be able to send to Parliament,not those, squattocratic persons who study nothing but their extinction,but their old friends who will endeavor to get them honest employment, and not charity. I have the misfortune to be married, and I cannot term it anything else in this ill-governed country. A few days ago I called on His Worship the Mayor, who received me in a kindly spirit, and referred me to another gentleman, who did not think that people could be so hard up ; but after long reasoning had to admit that he had on that day three men in with him for tha price of bread. Mow that is a disgrace to New Zealand. Hoping you will excuse me trespassing so much on your valuable space.--I am, Ac. HUNGER.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2562, 7 June 1881, Page 2
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210THE UNEMPLOYED. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2562, 7 June 1881, Page 2
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