SUNDOWNERS’ PATHS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 962, 3 May 1930, Page 6

SUNDOWNERS’ PATHS

AUCKLANDER’S PICTURE OF AUSTRALIA ARMIES ON HIGHWAYS “Half of Australia must be on the road.” Ono of two Auckland carpenters who have certainly failed to find success in work in Australia, writes this view to a friend in Auckland. The two New Zealanders were working at their trade in Sydney until the drastic economy measures in Australia stopped building. They followed the choice of many workers in Australia and went on the road into the country in an attempt to find employment. “One does not trouble about money to travel,” continues the letter. “In Australia, it is a question of getting out on tho main highways and asking the first motorist or truck driver for a ‘lift/ Invariably he is only too ready to comply. We set out west from Sydney for 300 miles in this way and then struck south to Melbourne, searching all the towns en route without success. “So far, we have had sufficient food and shelter, but half of Australia must be on the road. Men are in fours and fives all along the roads. Some even have their wives and families with them. There was one old man who pushed a wheelbarrow and there was another with a small cart. We have covered 800 miles and w T e have not walked more than 20 miles. We sit down by the road and wait for a ride —it is quicker.”