Bega District Letters to the Editor, December 14

December 14 2018 - 7:30am
Tathra Hospital Auxiliary thanks all those who donated, baked, grew and worked to make this year's Christmas Fair a success, and all who came along in support.
Tathra Hospital Auxiliary thanks all those who donated, baked, grew and worked to make this year's Christmas Fair a success, and all who came along in support.

On Hard Times

If one wants a superb argument to highlight the absurdity of the coal lobby, turn to Charles Dickens’ “Hard Times”. A story written in the 1850s about Coketown (coaltown) and the argument by the lords of the community about ruination if they moved the coal furnaces away from town and also installed safety guards in the weaving mills to protect the children weavers from being eaten by the weaving machines.

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