WAGES THAT MADE FOOD DEAR.

Taihape Daily Times, 4 September 1919, Page 5

WAGES THAT MADE FOOD DEAR.

Charles John Young, 27, a mechanic, charged with bigamy at the Old Bailey, was stated to have earned from £2O to £24 :3. week on nuinitions.

The Recorder (Sir Forrest. Fulton), in sentencing him, said: “You were demoralisod by the pré’p6s‘tex‘ous wages you were paid as :1. rnunition worker. It did not do you any good. All the money was s,qua.nderedi witvhout being of any use to you or your class, and with infinite damage to many of the community, fort it was the payment. of these pi-epo.4tel'ous wages iwhieh led to the present e.\'ol'bita‘l'lt price of provisions. I‘%ln<'i. a. reasonable wage been paid inst<~-:-.5; of {Rose fancy wages there would not have been this enormou:< inm'c-use in the price of food.”