Tragedy of Want.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7718, 21 January 1905, Page 4

Tragedy of Want.

WORKLESS FOR TWO YEAHHDIED WHEN EMPLOYED. He had been out of work for two \ears, said his widow at the inquest last month, and although We h"d 'not exactly " wanted " having done odd jobs, he had frequently gone 'short of food. I George Pabner, forty-three, of Hackney Wick, was the subject of the coroner's inquiry. Alter a long |s|>ell w-Kh the unemployed, he recoiv'ed a P Qard from the Labour Bur'eau' of the H a ckney Borough Council infornring him that he cou!d find l 'two days' work by applying at the | 'depot in Graham Road. ] He left home at live in the morreingi, buying a pennyworth of tea on 'the way. He was set to pick up the Iroadwuy with William Neale, but after half- an hour's -work He put 'down His pick. " Bill;,'' he said to his mate, " I feel wonddiful queer ;I think I shall have to give this to him." He rest'ed a while, then tried again. He 'raised tho ]rick above his head but twice, then fell to the ground and died. | •' The body was a long way from being well nourished," said Dr. Morireit. •■' There were signs of old pleurisy and heart of long standing. Death was due to heart disease accelerated by want and exposure." The Coroner : You think he must have lived very hard ?—I think he must have had a terrible life of it. There were no signs of food in the bodv. Philip Jones, an unemployed cabinsv et-maker, oi 33, Warburton Roady stated that he had seen a few friends that morning and had collected 6« Od for the widow. The case was only typical of many in Hackney at the present time. Of fourteen men taken on by the Labour Bureau some days before. It was found that ten had no food at all that day, and had no money to get it, and had none the day previous. The other six had Is 4d between them to live on all day.