DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
A witness giving evidence before the Wharf Stores Board in Sydney, said that he had reared ten healthy children, had always been financial, and lived comfortably, and that his average earnings had been £3 pea 1 week. "The married life's .the best," said the witness. "The single man's more likely to go to the wall than the married one." Possibly the comparative comfort of married men was explained by the next witness, a woman, whose husband was receiving £2 10s per week on the wharves. She detailed how to live on 30s a week—all that was left after allowing for her husband' 6 tram fares and "smoko." She had to buy books and clothes for the three children going to .school, clothe herself, and keep the home going. They all lived very comfortably, said the. witness, but at the end of the week there *was not much to spare. The members of the board expressed the opinion that they had received a good lesson in domestic economy.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10588, 20 March 1912, Page 4
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169DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10588, 20 March 1912, Page 4
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