ONE OF MANY.
Labour is being crowded out, at Home. The following typical story was told recently before a London Magistrate “ About 3 o’clock in, the morn. !ng, a wretched-creature was seen bang, ing orer the parapet of Blackfriars Bridge. ‘ The water is clear, and my troubles will soon be over,’ were her words to the constable who, after •further conversation to tht same effect/ took her in charge. When we read the history of her life, and the prospects now before her, there need be little wonder she was desperate. Her husband is *in the militia,’ and allows her 3d a day; she herself is a' waistcoat maker ’ by trade, and earns about 3s fid a week, having out of all this to support herself and four children. She has promised * not to repeat the act,’ and her only hope now, seems to be the workhouse, whither she has beeen recommended to go with her children.* ”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2949, 7 September 1882, Page 3
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157ONE OF MANY. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2949, 7 September 1882, Page 3
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