CRUELTY TO CHILD
MR. FRASER DEPLORES LIGHT SENTENCE . AUCKLAND, June 30. "I. most certainly sliare the cousternation and dismay of j-o-ur society in regard to both.tlie eruel treatlnent of the child and the lightness of the seutcnee, " said tlie Prime .Minister (Mr. Fraser) in a telegram received by the Auckland brauch of the Society for thc Protection of. Women and Children. The telegram was in reply to representatlons by thei society following the death of the child Ituby Nelson, at. Whangamarino/ and the sentencing of the- father to- tfiree months' imprisonment on a charge. of wil'fully heg'le'dtillg the child and the'pdaciug 011 probatiou for two years of tlie vvoman who was eharged with the same olfeuec. "The questiou of the nature of the | charge. laid by the police is alreadv in i the process of investigation by the j Connnissioner oi' Police (Mr. Cum- , inings), who will report to me as soou Ais he can examiue tlie iilcs, " the telej gram stated.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 July 1946, Page 2
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