“ALL TYPES AND TRADES"

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1077, 15 September 1930, Page 14

“ALL TYPES AND TRADES"

DESTITUTE AT MANNA HOUSE “Tho men who receive assistance represent a wide range of types and trades,” says Mr. A. Walker, honorary registrar of the Manna House, in the annual report of the Auckland Presbyterian Orphanages and Social Service Association. “There have been nearly .1,000 enrolments at the house since its opening,” he states, “and the daily attendance has averaged 200. The youngest to enrol was 15 years of age and the oldest 84. While most of the men have come under the heading of general labourers, almost every trade and occupation has been represented. “Undoubtedly a certain number — though not as many as the casual public would like to think—are the type of poor who are always with us. Some, however, are lacking to a certain degree either mentally or physically. Some have bad health and others are old and feeble. There remains a residue of the problem type—those who are only too happy to become permanent boarders. “Next to the number of returned soldiers who are in want, the saddest difficulty is that of the general labourer from the age of 50 upward, who is eager to secure work, but who is constantly passed over in favour of younger and stronger mem**