Wages clerk – "...the men started at 7.30 each morning queueing in the sun, rain or fog to be checked in. In the days before the calculator and the computer it took the best part of a week to calculate what was due to each man. I couldn’t make even the smallest error as they’d know straight away right to the last penny! And this from men who seemed not to be able to read or write."

1932 Headlines (The Examiner):

“… Appalling to think that 28% of the organised workers of Australia are out of employment. The position grows graver every passing day. Some definitive action is imperative…”

“Reduction of Bank of England rate to 3.5% - A Welcome Surprise in London”