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(From Our Swagger Cprrespondont). Jack: Well mate, we ate over a fortnight at'railway work, and a wsekof that bad weather. Small cheque next pay day 1 Francis: Just what I beard of the Forty-mile Bush as regards weather, One day fine and three days wet, Jack: How do you like thb work, ? Francis: The work is right enough for a man who is a good axe-man, and not frightened of the pick and shovel, I like it very well, • _ Jack: So do I. What I don't like is ukilled and unskilled labour builds ' up every gang, and the competent labourer has to make, up the defioien- ■ cies of poor workmen,,although they receive VecHTaHo|fl||b. Jmncis: Another fl JMMMJf ""--n 'system, I suppose that's the cause of so many quarrels among the men. v Invariably every pay day a gang 1 ia minus one or two of its members, Now jet us turn our attention to money matters,'

Jack: Be aiay for a moment, Did you miss your smoko for (he last few days •"■..:

Francis; I always miss my quaff, : but you cannot blame (he storeman, he could not possibly have crossed tbp Mangatainoifa, and you know we can. hot got supplies either from Eketa. hunaor.Hawera, ss the river has to be crosaefJ either w;, Jack :1 thinkit. would pay one.or two storekeepers ■• You know wmpetitlTwMOelp to reduce prices. ' .' - ■■}, Francis: Yes I But, J heard some ,'. of them ve frightened to come here. They are airaid of their bills not being • paid, as some chaps havo cleared out, i leaving their creditor with "a tear in ,)f the eye." -f"f%;'. '. . '.,■ : ;V : ■ Jack: Can' you v 'blame them ?' ■• Aftor's month's hard work no funds • to taeet any■• catf/and the only ilmg , ; :' " ; %£ they could do was blear as th9y,would get no more credit. .'• ■^^ . Francis,!: AocOrding to what toair ■ ;#£s ascertain '6O per cent, of the men are *s4 diasatisfjed! with the work.''VWqrkiog ;" hwd'andeanimg.yery li|tlemoneyj ; : and ' f^rthermqrjj' when W Have a \ l i?*m icon'trap'fc finiijhejj you sl};jiave i wait a iongitime another coiuraol, 1 think' there ia a : gsm lot of jobbery in Ihjswork. Yery f|i|| few m9n get good oontracts,while the i mm majority are wiling (row WW) till ||l

night and oaa only exclaim at the end," Oh (In debt after my hard toil," I think I will make room for somebody else.