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Shannon News, 29 March 1927, Page 2

Hard is the lot of some of the returned soldiers who seek a precarious existence in Auckland, says the Star. One returned man, who had been out of work for a considerable time, secured a horse and cart, bought vegetables at a city auction and set out on a round of the suburbs. At one house where he called, a girl came to the door. The latter called to her mistress inside the house: “Do you want any vegetables?” “Is it a Chinamanf” came { a languid reply. “No, it is a gentleman,“ said the girl. “Then we don’t want anything,” replied Mrs. Auck- c land.