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222 means of support. Thus does the law deal with the loafer in New Zealand, and it cannot be denied that this method of treatment is eminently productive of advantage to society in general, nor can it be described as unjustly harsh, since there is work and enough for each and all.

I have stated that there is work for all, and this statement will doubtless be disputed, and, in support of the opposite contention, will be urged the fact that in spite of the law just quoted against loafing, and in spite of the asserted abundance of