MAORI AT I/ 2d PER DAY "It Is a terrible thing to work for Is 2d a day, remarked Mr. C. R. Orr Walker, S.M., when Tuke Tauriki, a Maori old age pensioner, charged with working within view of the public on a Sunday, at Panmure, Auckland, appeared in the Police Court on Friday, states the "New Zealand Herald." Jueing Hing, a Chinese, who was charged with aiding and abetting in the commission of the offence, did not appear. Constable O'Brien said he saw Tauriki working in Hing's garden, in Pilkington Road. He had worked there several days a week for two months, receiving Is 2d a day, Hing admitted engaging Tauriki to work on Sunday. The Magistrate, on hearing that Tauriki received a pension, advised him to ask for Is 2d an hour if he wished to work. Tauriki was convicted and discharged, and Hing was fined £2 and costs. Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 79, 4 April 1938, Page 19
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